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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 22 Mar 1979

Vol. 313 No. 2

Written Answers. - EEC Agricultural Fund.

190.

asked the Minister for Agriculture the amount of money the country has received from the agricultural fund since our entry to the European Community, the break up of the amounts received each year, the beneficiary in respect of each of the years in question.

The following table shows the amounts received each year from the two sections of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund—

£(million)

Year

Guidance

Guarantee

Total

1973

37.05

37.05

1974

63.78

63.78

1975

0.58

102.21

102.79

1976

2.65

102.08

104.73

1977

7.33

245.06

252.39

1978

9.60

366.06

375.66

The amounts received under the guidance section of the fund were in respect of grants to farmers, co-operatives and agricultural based industries participating in schemes for the improvement of agricultural structures.

The amounts received under the guarantee section of the fund were in respect of refunds and accession compensatory amounts paid to exporters of agricultural produce, monetary compensatory amounts paid to exporters and importers of agricultural produce, certain production aids and premiums paid to farmers, co-operatives and agricultural based industries, consumer subsidy on butter and recoupment of incidental expenses incurred by the Department of Agriculture in connection with the intervention purchase of beef and skimmed milk powder.

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