Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 February 2024
499. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding his Department has received under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund, disaggregated by the year funding was expended and scheme title of eligible measures, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6429/24]
View answerThe list of financial allocations and expenditure under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) Fund from my Department for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 is set out below.
Ultimately the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform will determine which schemes form part of Ireland’s BAR claim which is due to be submitted in September 2024.
Table 1: 2021 BAR Allocation and Spend
|
Sector/Scheme |
2021 BAR Allocation €000 |
2021 BAR Expenditure €000 |
|
Horticulture |
70 |
70 |
|
Marketing and Processing |
7,000 |
0 |
|
Fisheries |
12,000 |
10,000 |
|
Total |
19,070 |
10,070 |
Table 2: 2022 BAR Allocation and Spend
|
Sector/Scheme |
2022 BAR Allocation €000 |
2022 BAR Expenditure €000 |
|
Horticulture |
1,500 |
1,410 |
|
Marketing and Processing |
5,300 |
4,076 |
|
Fisheries |
33,200 |
22,615 |
|
Total |
40,000 |
28,101 |
Table 3: 2023 BAR Allocation and Provisional Spend
|
Sector/Scheme |
2023 BAR Allocation €000 |
2023 BAR Provisional Expenditure €000 |
|
Meat and Bone Meal Disposal |
16,000 |
16,071 |
|
Horticulture |
9,850 |
4,706 |
|
Organic Promotion |
1,500 |
1,474 |
|
Beef |
31,000 |
31,247 |
|
Marketing and Processing |
5,500 |
8,756 |
|
Equine Supports |
1,000 |
934 |
|
Fisheries |
186,150 |
182,045 |
|
Development of Border Inspection Post at Rosslare Europort (paid to the Office of Public Works) |
63,906 |
63,906 |
|
Total |
314,906 |
309,139 |
