GLAS Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 November 2017

Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Questions (457)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

457. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actual expenditure under GLAS in each year to 2016 and to date in 2017; the estimated expenditure for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49385/17]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The table provided demonstrates the expenditure on GLAS in respect of each year.

Year	Expenditure
2015	€11,452,000
2016	€102,615,247
2017 (up to 17/11/2017)	€53,145,862
Total	€167,213,109

Total GLAS expenditure for 2017 will depend on the GLAS 2017 advance payments which will commence in the coming weeks.

It is expected that the full budget allocated to GLAS under the Rural Development Programme will be fully utilised over the lifetime of the Programme.