Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 April 2019
222. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the RDP 2014-2020 for schemes (details supplied); the annual amount expended on the schemes in each year since established; the number of active participants in each scheme; and the number of approved applicants that subsequently withdrew from each scheme in tabular form. [18284/19]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows.
Table 1 – Allocations and Expenditure under certain RDP Schemes
|
|
Knowledge Transfer Scheme €000 |
GLAS €000 |
Beef Data and Genomics Programme €000 |
TAMS II €000 |
Sheep Welfare Scheme €000 |
Hen Harrier Programme €000 |
|
Allocation 2015 |
0 |
20,000 |
35,000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Expenditure 2015 |
0 |
11,453 |
34,692 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Allocation 2016 |
0 |
139,500 |
52,000 |
28,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
Expenditure 2016 |
0 |
102,615 |
61,800 |
3,971 |
0 |
0 |
|
Allocation 2017 |
22,821 |
228,500 |
49,000 |
49,832 |
17,000 |
2,940 |
|
Expenditure 2017 |
13,784 |
195,583 |
47,137 |
31,256 |
15,851 |
717 |
|
Allocation 2018 |
23,000 |
226,000 |
49,500 |
69,943 |
20,000 |
3,500 |
|
Expenditure 2018 |
21,665 |
231,978 |
47,451 |
66,751 |
17,650 |
1,154 |
|
Allocation 2019 |
25,000 |
203,000 |
46,500 |
70,000 |
18,000 |
3,115 |
The 2020 allocations will be determined as part of the annual estimates process for 2020.
Table 2 – No. of participants and withdrawals
|
|
Knowledge Transfer Scheme |
GLAS |
Beef Data and Genomics Programme |
TAMS II |
Sheep Welfare Scheme |
Hen Harrier Programme |
|
Number of active participants |
18,535 |
48,821 |
24,531 |
18,167 |
18,839 |
628 |
|
Number of applicants that have withdrawn |
1,142 |
3,240 * |
7,266 ** |
460 |
1,239 *** |
0 |
* Data includes both withdrawn and rejected applications because the system does not differentiate between those categories. Also, some double-counting may occur as individuals who moved tranche could be recorded as both active in the latter tranche but withdrawn/rejected in the former tranche.
** Data includes 859 participants excluded from the scheme because of issues relating to non-completion of training and Carbon Navigator requirements.
*** The figure for participants is for year 2 of the scheme. The figure for withdrawn cases is the aggregate for years 1 and 2.
