Vol. 471 No. 7
384 Mr. D. Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the total value of support during 1995 from his Department for projects in Cork county and city; if he will identify each such project; the level of funding allocated in respect of each such project during 1995; and if he will break down each value into Exchequer and EU sub-components. [21559/96]
The total grant aid approved for Cork projects in 1995 was £7,587,818. The attached tabular statements set out the details.
TABLE 1
Operational Programme for Agriculture, Rural Development and Forestry 1994-1999
Cork Projects approved in 1995
|
Project Description |
National Funding |
EU Funding |
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Scheme of Investment Aid for the Potato Sector — 15 Projects |
41,193 |
123,579 |
|
Scheme of Grant Aid for Investments in Commercial Horticulture — 15 Projects |
33,125 |
99,376 |
|
Scheme of Investment Aid for Forestry Harvesting Machinery — 8 Projects |
137,876 |
413,628 |
|
Biomass Station Feasibility Study (Greenpower Ltd) |
7,500 |
22,500 |
|
Forestry Research (University College, Cork) |
4,932 |
14,795 |
|
Totals |
224,626 |
673,878 |
|
Beneficiary |
Project Description |
National Award |
EU Award |
|
£ |
£ |
||
|
Agra Meat Packers Ltd. |
Upgrade/improve existing boning hall processing system and processing of added-value offal products |
57,000 |
285,000 |
|
Barry Bros. (Carriagmore) Ltd. |
Upgrade of abattoir and boning hall to EU standards |
15,000 |
75,000 |
|
Dairygold Food Products |
Development of innovative cheese |
108,500 |
542,444 |
|
Galtee Food Products Society Ltd. |
Provision of pigmeat processing facilities |
528,640 |
879,750 |
|
Golden Vale plc. |
Production of “cheesestrings” snack product |
146,697 |
733,485 |
|
Grange Farms |
Modernisation of potato storage, grading and packing facilities |
15,001 |
75,004 |
|
Mid Cork Growers |
Additional potato storage, grading and packing facilities |
16,997 |
85,372 |
|
Newmarket Co-Operative Creameries Ltd. |
Introduction of bactofugation to cheddar cheese process and extension to existing cheese processing facilities |
62,000 |
310,000 |
|
Riverview Eggs Ltd. |
Modernisation and rationalisation of egg grading facilities including adaptation and extension of building and provision of new grader and other equipment |
88,766 |
147,943 |
|
University College Cork |
Food Research |
383,225 |
1,149,675 |
|
Teagasc Moorepark |
Food Research |
125,750 |
377,250 |
|
Totals: |
1,547,576 |
4,660,923 |
|
Project title |
Recipient Body |
Funding |
|
Bitterness in cheddar cheese and its amelioration. |
UCC |
National £90,600 (No EU input) |
|
Project title |
Collaborative project involving |
Funding |
|
|
Calibration and validation of laboratory procedures for predicting the nutritive value of feedstuffs. |
UCD and Teagasc (Grange and Moorpark) |
National£61,304 |
EU£183,911 |
|
Investigations into the growing and feeding of maize silage. |
UCD and Teagasc (Moorepark) and Agricultural Research Institute (Northern Ireland) |
£36,250 |
£108,750 |
|
£97,554 |
£292,661 |
