Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 May 2017
1318. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding received by the Coast Guard in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the staffing costs, operational costs, administrative costs and all other relevant costs within the Coast Guard for each of the years. [19525/17]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
The allocation figure is the amount that was budgeted each year for IRCG and the expenditure figure is the final output for each year. The Expenditure figure for 2017 is spend to date.
|
Year |
Current |
Capital |
Total allocation |
Expenditure |
|
2011 |
32,348,000 |
8,000,000 |
40,348,000 |
42,796,821 |
|
2012 |
37,826,000 |
10,200,000 |
48,026,000 |
43,277,354 |
|
2013 |
55,848,000 |
15,235,000 |
71,083,000 |
70,763,735 |
|
2014 |
63,295,000 |
8,267,000 |
71,562,000 |
70,917,808 |
|
2015 |
62,665,000 |
4,940,000 |
67,605,000 |
68,103,715 |
|
2016 |
65,855,000 |
4,600,000 |
70,455,000 |
69,594,858 |
|
2017 |
66,855,000 |
4,630,000 |
71,485,000 |
18,342,210 |
The spend on Coast Guard staffing in the operational and engineering areas is as follows:
|
Operations |
Year |
Total |
|
|
2011 |
€3,890,034.75 |
|
|
2012 |
€3,567,353.45 |
|
|
2013 |
€4,047,239.84 |
|
|
2014 |
€3,851,329.37 |
|
|
2015 |
€3,844,732.06 |
|
|
2016 |
€3,799,140.32 |
|
|
2017 |
€1,309,923.61 |
|
Engineering |
Year |
Total |
|
|
2011 |
€583,379.12 |
|
|
2012 |
€526,468.03 |
|
|
2013 |
€477,445.11 |
|
|
2014 |
€400,691.75 |
|
|
2015 |
€392,497.17 |
|
|
2016 |
€404,093.13 |
|
|
2017 |
€141,269.18 |
Since its inception in 2013 the Maritime Services Division (MSD) of my Department has provided administrative support to both the Coast Guard and the Marine Survey Office. MSD operational costs are as follows:
|
MSD |
Year |
Total |
|
2011 |
€0.00 |
|
|
|
2012 |
€0.00 |
|
|
2013 |
€7,360.43 |
|
|
2014 |
€1,303,388.32 |
|
|
2015 |
€1,372,063.89 |
|
|
2016 |
€1,388,371.21 |
|
|
2017 |
€507,459.37 |
