Vol. 555 No. 3
165 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the availability of funding for the REP scheme; the amount provided by the Government; the uptake of the budget in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18597/02]
The voted provisions for the REP scheme in each year since 1995, broken down into the EU-funded and nationally funded elements, are set out in the following table together with the actual expenditure:
|
Voted |
EU-fundedelement |
Exchequer-fundedelement |
Outturn |
|
|
€million |
€million |
€million |
€million |
|
|
1995 |
38.01 |
28.51 |
9.50 |
37.40 |
|
1996 |
71.82* |
53.86 |
17.95 |
71.62 |
|
1997 |
128.77* |
96.58 |
32.19 |
128.76 |
|
1998 |
172.05* |
129.04 |
43.01 |
167.83 |
|
1999 |
182.60 |
136.95 |
45.65 |
183.80 |
|
2000 |
262.23 |
196.67 |
65.56 |
201.32 |
|
2001 |
215.86 |
161.89 |
53.96 |
160.21 |
|
2002 |
233.73 |
175.30 |
58.43 |
172.00** |
