Grant Payments.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2005

Tuesday, 21 June 2005

Ceisteanna (400, 401)

Trevor Sargent

Ceist:

421 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the annual cost of forestry payments for the years 1999 to 2004, distinguishing between establishment costs and premia payments. [20577/05]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mary Coughlan)

The annual costs of forestry payments, differentiated between establishment grants and premium payments for the years in question, are as follows:

Year	Establishment Grants	Premium Payments
	€m	€m
1999	22.85	27.81
2000	33.72	29.75
2001	35.43	42.52
2002	35.88	48.10
2003	23.48	49.33
2004	25.22	54.07

Trevor Sargent

Ceist:

422 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the projected annual cost of all premia payments approved by her Department to date since the implementation of this scheme in 1993, distinguishing between farmer and non-farmers payments. [20578/05]

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mary Coughlan)

I presume the Deputy is referring to forestry premium payments. The projected annual cost of premia of applications approved up to the end of 2004 which became payable over the period in question is as follows:

Year	Total	Farmers Premia	Non-Farmers
	€	€	€
2005	51,953,103	48,836,895	3,116,208
2006	51,953,103	48,836,895	3,116,208
2007	51,953,103	48,836,895	3,116,208
2008	51,931,261	48,836,895	3,094,366
2009	51,650,925	48,836,895	2,814,030
2010	51,198,843	48,836,895	2,361,948
2011	50,785,129	48,836,895	1,948,234
2012	50,434,708	48,834,708	1,600,000
2013	49,983,194	48,693,620	1,289,575
2014	47,419,491	46,393,328	1,026,163
2015	42,743,270	41,936,631	806,639
2016	37,119,065	36,565,692	553,373
2017	32,543,288	32,121,611	421,677
2018	29,316,109	29,081,772	234,337
2019	25,596,800	25,362,463	234,337
2020	21,993,313	21,758,975	234,338
2021	16,595,877	16,361,539	234,338
2022	11,891,355	11,657,017	234,338
2023	3,472,411	3,350,344	122,067