Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018
1184. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the yearly spend in each year of the beef data and genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1123/18]
View answerThe Beef Data and Genomics Programme provides for six years of payments to farmers for completion of actions which deliver accelerated genetic improvement in the Irish national herd and improvement of its environmental sustainability.
Payments made in the calendar years 2015 to 2017 are set out in the following table.
|
Year |
Amount paid €m |
|
2015 scheme payments |
29.1 |
|
2016 scheme payments |
50.9 |
|
2016 training and carbon navigator payments |
8.7 |
|
2017 scheme payments |
44.6 |
|
2017 training and carbon navigator payments |
1.6 |
|
Total |
134.9 |
