Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 June 2021
631. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2021 related to Brexit measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33151/21]
View answerThe Deputy will appreciate that significant administrative resources in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine are being utilised on an ongoing basis for Brexit related purposes, the cost of which cannot be isolated.
The following table sets out the additional Exchequer funding allocated to the Department in 2021 related to Brexit spending.
|
Subhead |
Measure/Scheme |
Brexit related Exchequer funding allocated in 2021 € 000 |
|
(i) |
Salaries/wages/allowances |
10,000 |
|
(vi) |
Office premises expenses (current) |
7,000 |
|
(vi) |
Officer premises expenses (Capital) |
10,000 |
|
A.3.7 |
Other Animal Diseases Measures |
11,800 |
|
C.4 |
Development of Agriculture and Food |
8,350 |
|
C.6 |
Bord Bia* |
3,500 |
|
D.6 |
SFPA ** |
1,591 |
* Bord Bia received an additional €3.5m in 2021, which was incorporated by Brexit related and COVID-19 recovery activities into their suite of existing programmes, market diversification and business assists for Irish food and drink businesses
**Increase in SFPA's pay budget for additional staffing requirements was primarily Brexit related.
