Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 June 2017
201. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funds allocated to the knowledge transfer group scheme under the rural development programme 2014 to 2020; the annual funding for each year of the 2014 to 2020 CAP window; the expenditure on an annual basis, and to date in 2017, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26392/17]
View answerThe Knowledge Transfer Programme is part of Ireland's Rural Development Programme, 2014-2020. It is a three year programme. Year 1 ends on 31 July, 2017. Payments for the successful completion of year 1 will commence in autumn 2017. Accordingly, there is no expenditure to date. Within the RDP a total of €100m is allocated in the financial plan for the period of the Programme.
On the basis of the current number of farmers enrolled in Knowledge Transfer Groups, the following amounts have been allocated for the 2017-2019 estimates process.
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
n/a |
€25,000,000 |
€25,000,000 |
€25,000,000 |
n/a |
In common with other measures under the RDP, monitoring of targets and associated budgets is carried out on a continuous basis over the life of the Programme, in conjunction with the annual estimates process.
