Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2022
1985. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that has been released under the Fisheries Local Area Group Programme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30637/22]
View answerA Fisheries Local Area Development Scheme operated under my Department's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme over the period 2017-21 with a total budget of €12 million. The scheme was implemented on a community led local development basis through seven Fisheries Local Action Groups established for this purpose. The aim of the scheme was to support the socio-economic development and diversification of coastal communities traditionally dependent on the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
The table below details the distribution of funds by year and by FLAG region. Each FLAG region comprises the 10 kilometre strip of coastline for an individual county in the case of FLAG South (Cork) and FLAG North (Donegal). The other FLAGs cover more than one county. A full breakdown by county is not readily available within BIM, but I have asked BIM to see if this can be prepared and to forward it directly to the Deputy.
|
FLAG |
2017 Grant Aid |
2018 Grant Aid |
2019 Grant Aid |
2020 Grant Aid |
2021 Grant Aid |
Total Spend |
|
North |
€ 315,739.69 |
€ 249,458.97 |
€ 488,513.53 |
€ 419,896.80 |
€673,252.27 |
€2,146,861.26 |
|
North East |
€ 226,559.10 |
€ 249,075.04 |
€ 523,592.01 |
€ 569,296.21 |
€284,471.53 |
€1,852,993.89 |
|
North West |
€ 244,669.47 |
€ 188,774.15 |
€ 223,937.61 |
€ 380,035.36 |
€257,793.03 |
€1,295,209.62 |
|
West |
€ 388,960.11 |
€ 405,409.69 |
€ 392,050.31 |
€ 641,327.31 |
€147,673.39 |
€1,975,420.81 |
|
South |
€ 278,478.69 |
€ 273,778.66 |
€ 447,094.83 |
€ 603,111.20 |
€105,487.40 |
€1,707,950.78 |
|
South East |
€ 164,543.08 |
€ 312,092.24 |
€ 526,281.63 |
€ 774,247.25 |
€330,532.22 |
€2,107,696.42 |
|
South West |
€ 155,612.83 |
€ 266,161.11 |
€ 127,581.14 |
€ 154,182.93 |
€27,277.51 |
€730,815.52 |
|
Total |
€ 1,774,562.97 |
€ 1,944,749.85 |
€ 2,729,051.05 |
€ 3,542,097.06 |
€1,826,487.35 |
€11,816,948.28 |
