Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 November 2018
315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives, campaigns and projects in County Donegal in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47799/18]
View answerThe Health and Safety Authority (HSA) does not have a breakdown of the annual spend on farm safety initiatives, campaigns and projects on a county by county basis. The HSA carries out a range of countrywide farm safety initiatives, campaigns and projects each year which include; attending and exhibiting at farm shows (e.g. Tullamore Show, National Ploughing Championship), running television and radio advertisements, carrying out inspections and focused safety inspection campaigns.
The figures set out in the following table detail the overall national spend by the HSA on farm safety initiatives from 2011 to 2017;
|
Year |
Expenditure * |
|
2011 |
€264,481 |
|
2012 |
€589,870 |
|
2013 |
€449,669 |
|
2014 |
€327,953 |
|
2015 |
€396,251 |
|
2016 |
€416,917 |
|
2017 |
€533,995 |
|
2018 (estimated) |
€624,000 |
*Note: Annual figures for expenditure include some cross sectoral initiatives where the expenditure is also relevant to other sectors. As it is not possible to extract this it has been included as the full figure.
