Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 October 2020
404. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of SFPA officers; the number of administration staff; and the annual costs of the SFPA for the past four years, in tabular form. [28006/20]
View answerThe Income and Expenditure figures for the SFPA for the years 2016 to 2019 are provided below.
Please note that 2016 - 2018 figures are taken from SFPA Annual Reports. As the 2019 annual report is in the process of being published, these figures were taken from the 2019 Financial statement which was signed off by C&AG.
|
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
INCOME |
|
|
|
|
|
State funding |
10,016,000 |
10,731,000 |
10,302,000 |
13,005,000 |
|
Sales proceeds from disposal of Fixed Assets remitted to the DAFM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-419,527 |
|
EU Project Income |
75,000 |
1,806,626 |
1,151,870 |
1,254,144 |
|
Net deferred funding for pensions |
1,433,000 |
1,884,000 |
10,734,000 |
4,714,000 |
|
Pension contributions refundable to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform |
-336,000 |
-368,000 |
-409,000 |
-454,000 |
|
Fee income |
4,846 |
9,249 |
4,849 |
6,953 |
|
Profit on disposal of fixed assets |
32,790 |
61,055 |
50,471 |
181,678 |
|
Bank interest |
357 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total: |
11,225,993 |
14,123,953 |
21,834,190 |
18,288,248 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
EXPENDITURE |
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries and related expenses |
6,792,552 |
7,319,008 |
7,384,930 |
8,507,442 |
|
Retirement benefit costs |
1,756,000 |
1,962,000 |
10,760,000 |
4,885,000 |
|
Accommodation and establishment expenses |
328,772 |
412,137 |
387,364 |
392,959 |
|
Support services |
576,687 |
637,462 |
886,561 |
882,117 |
|
General administration |
1,461,210 |
2,109,654 |
2,464,867 |
3,295,164 |
|
Audit fee |
21,000 |
19,000 |
19,000 |
26,200 |
|
Depreciation |
848,498 |
751,628 |
1,074,122 |
1,015,402 |
|
Total: |
11,784,719 |
13,210,889 |
22,976,844 |
19,004,284 |
|
Income and Expenditure Difference: |
-558,726 |
913,064 |
-1,142,654 |
-716,036 |
|
Transfer from Capital Account |
490,723 |
-1,147,388 |
602,147 |
548,240 |
|
Salary overpayments |
730,000 |
151,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
Operating Profit/Loss for year |
661,997 |
-83,324 |
-540,507 |
-167,796 |
As regarding staffing allocations, this relates to operational matters of the SFPA. This part of the question has therefore been passed to the SFPA for a direct written response. The SFPA is being advised to respond directly to the Deputy within 10 days.
