Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 February 2017
537. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation under each of the measures of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020; the expenditure under each measure for each of the years 2014 to 2016; the provision in the Estimates for the expenditure per measure in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5839/17]
View answerIreland’s Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020 is co-funded by the EU’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the national exchequer. EU support for the RDP via the EAFRD amounts to an aggregate sum of €2.19 billion over the 7-year Programme lifespan. This EU funding will be supplemented by exchequer funding bringing the total allocation to some €4 billion.
The financial allocations for the RDP 2014-2020 period measures are set out in Table 1
Table 1: Financial Allocation by Measure for Ireland's 2014 -2020 RDP
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Measure |
Total Allocation 2014-2020 |
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Measure 1 - Knowledge transfer and information actions |
125,800,000 |
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Measure 2 - Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services |
8,300,000 |
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Measure 4 - Investments in physical assets |
425,000,000 |
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Measure 7 - Basic services and village renewal in rural areas |
6,000,000 |
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Measure 10 - Agri-environment-climate |
1,531,005,630 |
|
Measure 11 - Organic farming |
56,000,000 |
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Measure 12 Natura 2000 & WFD (Transitional) |
73,250,000 |
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Measure 13 - Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints |
1,370,000,000 |
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Measure 14 – Animal Welfare Scheme |
100,000,000 |
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Measure 16 - Co-operation |
62,000,000 |
|
Measure 19 - Support for LEADER local development |
250,000,000 |
|
Measure 20 Total - Technical Assistance |
8,145,000 |
|
ERS (Transitional) |
9,207,547 |
Table 2 shows the annual expenditure for 2014, 2015 and 2016. It also shows indicative measure level allocations for 2017 based on the allocations to the sub-heads covering the schemes for 2017. The table does not include information for Measure 19 which is not operated by my Department.
The RDP Regulation is structured according to measures while for the purpose of financial management of national expenditures, we run and implement the RDP measures as schemes. These schemes may extend over more than one RDP measure - for example, the organic farming schemes draw funding from measure 10 and measure 11.
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Table 2 RDP 2014-2020 Expenditure Calendar Year 2016 and indicative allocations for 2017 |
Outturn 2014 |
Outturn 2015 |
Provisional Outturn 2016 |
Allocations 2017 |
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Measure |
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M01 Knowledge Transfer and Information Actions |
48,881 |
9,667 |
8,471,884 |
36,500,000 |
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M02 Advisory Services |
301,481 |
1,200,000 |
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M04 Investments |
4,616,074 |
14,774,478 |
10,085,797 |
50,900,000 |
|
M07 Basic services and village renewal in rural areas (Traditional Farm Buildings) |
725,488 |
1,000,000 |
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M10 Agri-environment-climate |
170,820,857 |
132,805,931 |
183,012,809 |
270,000,000 |
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M11 Organic farming |
1,844,024 |
3,999,971 |
6,000,000 |
|
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M12 Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments |
25,729,388 |
11,550,542 |
4,401,779 |
1,300,000 |
|
M13 Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints |
195,655,247 |
206,525,116 |
206,527,774 |
202,000,000 |
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M14 Animal Welfare |
25,000,000 |
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M16 Co-operation |
79,717 |
334,717 |
3,400,000 |
|
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M20 Technical Assistance |
65,182 |
799,663 |
1,000,000 |
|
|
Early Retirement |
4,248,250 |
3,100,000 |
