Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 February 2024
270. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the projected budget for 2024; how much of this budget annually is funded through the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund; how much is funded directly from the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5844/24]
View answerThe Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is an independent regulatory agency as set down in the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006.
The annual budget allocation enables the SFPA to continue to meet its National and EU obligations as Ireland's Competent Authority for the enforcement of sea fisheries and seafood safety law.
The annual budget details for the SFPA, as per the Revised Book of Estimates, for the period 2019-2024 are as follows:
|
- |
Revised Book of Estimates Allocation |
Core/ exchequer |
EMFF*/EMFAF |
Total |
|
2019 |
€13,795,000 |
€13,795,000 |
€2,700,000* |
€16,495,000 |
|
2020 |
€17,361,000 |
€17,361,000 |
€2,900,000* |
€20,261,000 |
|
2021 |
€24,810,000 |
€19,002,000 |
€5,808,000 |
€24,810,000 |
|
2022 |
€26,257,000 |
€20,722,000 |
€5,535,000 |
€26,257,000 |
|
2023 |
€28,081,000 |
€22,380,000 |
€5,701,000 |
€28,081,000 |
|
2024 |
€27,414,000 |
€22,575, 000 |
€4,839,000 |
€27,414,000 |
*In 2019 and 2020, the allocations in relation to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), which covered the period 2014 to 2020, were managed by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine and so were not included in the allocation for the SFPA as listed in the Revised Book of Estimates.
The successor to the EMFF, the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) runs from 2021 to 2027. From 2021 onwards, the EMFAF allocation has been included in the allocation for the SFPA as listed in the Revised Book of Estimates.
