Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 October 2022
286. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 12 October 2022, the total amount of co-financing provided by the State in relation to funding from the European Multiannual Financial Framework through Budget 2023; the total amount of co-financing provided through the EUMFF and the total spend in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52136/22]
View answerThe 2023 Estimates provide a gross Vote of €2.14 billion for my department. This is the highest ever level of funding for my department and represents an increase of €283 million on the 2022 provision, or a 13% increase overall, to support farmers, fishers, and rural and coastal communities. The Budget delivers large-scale funding to drive the sector’s environmental ambition, helping improve both on-farm sustainability as well as farmer incomes.
The definitive allocations will be set out in the 2023 Revised Estimates Volume (REV) which will be published later this year and I can provide the information requested by the Deputy at that time.
