Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
1520. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocation for Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [41457/21]
View answerSea Fisheries Protection Authority annual exchequer budgetary details is as follows;
|
Year |
€ Estimated |
€ Outturn/ Spend |
|
2019 |
13,795,000 |
13,005,000 |
|
2020 |
17,361,000 |
13,197,000 |
|
2021 |
24,810,000 |
The budget allocation provided to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) enables the SFPA to continue to meet its National and EU obligations as Ireland's competent Authority for enforcement of Sea Fisheries and seafood safety law and to address challenges arising from Brexit.
The SFPA budget has increased significantly in the 2019-2021 period due to the allocation of additional staff, staffing levels have increased from 104 in 2017 to 158 in August 2021. The expenditure in 2020 was impacted by delays in recruitment of additional staff arising mainly from COVID restrictions.
The 2021 budget also includes a provision of €5.808 under EU funded programmes for IT and other developments which were previously provided for in the general Department’s budget.
