Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2023
445. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of financial allocations from his Department under the Brexit adjustment reserve fund; the recipients and the purpose of the allocation for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [32045/23]
View answerThe list of financial allocations from my Department under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) Fund for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 is set out below.
Table 1 2021 BAR Allocation
|
Sector/Scheme |
2021 BAR Allocation €000 |
Recipient |
|
Horticulture |
70 |
Bord Bia (mushroom promotion scheme) |
|
Marketing and Processing |
7,000 |
Enterprise Ireland (manage the scheme) |
|
Fisheries |
12,000 |
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM manage the Brexit Temporary Tie-up Scheme) |
|
Total |
19,070 |
Table 2 2022 BAR Allocation
|
Sector/Scheme |
2022 BAR Allocation €000 |
Recipient |
|
Horticulture |
1,500 |
Bord Bia & Applicants under the Seed Potato scheme |
|
Marketing and Processing |
5,300 |
Enterprise Ireland (manage the scheme) |
|
Fisheries |
33,200 |
BIM (manage a number of the fishery sector schemes) |
|
Total |
40,000 |
Table 3 2023 BAR Allocation
|
Sector/Scheme |
2023 BAR Allocation €000 |
Recipient |
|
Meat and Bone Meal Disposal |
20,000 |
To be determined |
|
Horticulture |
9,850 |
Horticulture Producers/Businesses |
|
Beef |
28,000 |
Beef Farmers |
|
Marketing and Processing |
17,000 |
Enterprise Ireland (manage the scheme) |
|
Equine Supports |
1,000 |
To be determined |
|
Fisheries |
162,150 |
BIM (manage a number of the fishery sector schemes), Local Authorities, Bord Bia |
|
Total |
238,000 |
|
My Department is working closely with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform to maximise the funding from BAR that is available to the various areas within the agri-food sector.
