Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2019
482. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure incurred in each of the years 2014 to 2018 under each scheme under the Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020 (details supplied), in tabular form; the budget allocations for each scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2381/19]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables.
Table 1. DAFM Expenditure by Scheme 2014-2017 and provisional for 2018
|
- |
Expenditure 2014 |
Expenditure 2015 |
Expenditure 2016 |
Expenditure 2017 |
Expenditure 2018 provisional |
|
Beef Data and Genomics Programme |
0 |
28,989,048 |
59,272,461 |
45,811,279 |
46,156,692 |
|
Rural Environment Protection Scheme |
133,622,090 |
25,121,052 |
1,952,872 |
56,905 |
5,819 |
|
Agri-Environment Option Scheme |
60,773,433 |
79,801,168 |
32,118,964 |
16,198,514 |
7,444,847 |
|
Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme |
0 |
11,452,500 |
100,922,200 |
195,651,754 |
231,978,144 |
|
Knowledge Transfer Scheme |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13,783,625 |
21,665,185 |
|
Locally led Environmental Schemes |
0 |
0 |
228,380 |
1,792,238 |
4,158,882 |
|
Organic Farming Schemes |
4,381,000 |
7,969,133 |
8,053,390 |
8,234,664 |
10,519,034 |
|
Land mobility |
0 |
0 |
4,248,250 |
2,430,121 |
808,357 |
|
Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme |
0 |
7,607,854 |
7,806,640 |
31,295,788 |
66,751,235 |
|
Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme |
195,655,247 |
206,525,119 |
206,527,774 |
205,298,367 |
228,616,740 |
|
Collaborative Farming |
0 |
79,717 |
333,717 |
440,878 |
180,674 |
|
Technical Assistance |
74,851 |
902,151 |
1,388,127 |
1,361,368 |
|
|
Advisory Services |
0 |
0 |
301,481 |
529,239 |
280,962 |
|
Animal Welfare scheme for Sheep |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15,850,949 |
17,649,626 |
|
Traditional Farm Building Scheme |
0 |
0 |
725,488 |
752,358 |
835,685 |
|
Food Producer Scheme |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Continuous Professional Development |
0 |
0 |
0 |
114,757 |
2,695 |
|
European Innovation Programme |
0 |
0 |
0 |
75,275 |
198,124 |
Table 1 does not include information for the Horticulture Scheme as this is not part of the RDP 2014 – 2020.
Table 2. Voted Allocations for RDP Schemes 2014 – 2020 by Scheme.
|
- |
Allocation 2014 |
Allocation 2015 |
Allocation 2016 |
Allocation 2017 |
Allocation 2018 |
Allocation 2019 |
|
Beef Data and Genomics Programme |
23,000,000 |
35,000,000 |
52,000,000 |
49,000,000 |
49,500,000 |
46,500,000 |
|
Rural Environment Protection Scheme |
123,000,000 |
53,550,000 |
2,194,000 |
310,000 |
106,900 |
20,575 |
|
Agri-Environment Option Scheme |
61,000,000 |
71,000,000 |
40,850,000 |
10,940,000 |
5,893,100 |
477,830 |
|
Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme |
0 |
20,000,000 |
139,500,000 |
228,500,000 |
226,000,000 |
202,888,805 |
|
Knowledge Transfer Scheme |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22,821,000 |
23,000,000 |
25,000,000 |
|
Locally led Environmental Schemes |
0 |
0 |
1,200,000 |
6,000,000 |
11,320,000 |
11,515,230 |
|
Organic Farming Schemes |
0 |
6,000,000 |
10,000,000 |
10,500,000 |
10,500,000 |
10,999,185 |
|
Land mobility |
10,010,000 |
7,394,000 |
4,602,000 |
2,611,000 |
1,210,000 |
191,000 |
|
Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme |
17,200,000 |
30,500,000 |
35,800,000 |
49,965,280 |
69,965,280 |
69,969,580 |
|
Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme |
195,000,000 |
207,000,000 |
202,000,000 |
206,500,000 |
227,000,000 |
250,000,000 |
|
Collaborative Farming |
0 |
0 |
899,000 |
500,000 |
492,375 |
350,000 |
|
Technical Assistance |
1,425,000 |
100,000 |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
1,350,000 |
1,470,000 |
|
Advisory Services |
0 |
450,000 |
0 |
993,220 |
981,000 |
967,270 |
|
Animal Welfare scheme for Sheep |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17,000,000 |
20,000,000 |
18,000,000 |
|
Traditional Farm Building Scheme |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
1,250,000 |
|
Food Producer Scheme |
0 |
0 |
988,800 |
100,000 |
1,249,380 |
2,000,000 |
|
Continuous Professional Development |
0 |
0 |
0 |
200,000 |
300,000 |
50,000 |
|
European Innovation Programme |
0 |
0 |
0 |
700,000 |
950,000 |
920,000 |
The above are the total allocations for the schemes. In a few cases small parts of the allocation for schemes are not co-funded. The allocations for 2020 will be determined as part of the 2020 estimates process.
