Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 May 2013
21. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money spent to date broken down between EU funding and national funding under each heading of the current 2007-13 rural development plan; the allocation for the programme under each heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21472/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the current approved financial plan in the Rural Development Programme 2007 - 2013 [RDP] close on €4.8Bn is allocated at programme level. This amount includes an allocation of EAFRD funding of €2.49Bn. Since the launch of the RDP expenditure under the programme up to the end of March 2013 amounted to €3.8Bn. This represents close on 79% of the total value of the Programme and 85% of the EAFRD amount. Axes 1 and 2 of the Rural Development Programme are administered by my Department while Axes 3 and 4 are delivered by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Details of the allocation and expenditure per measure under the RDP up to the end of March 2013 are set out in the table. This table does not include funds already committed but not as yet claimed.
The programme, like all national spending, is subject to ongoing budgetary constraints but is configured to maximise all available EU funding. Ireland’s draw down rate under the Programme has been among the highest of EU Member States over the lifetime of the current Programme.
Spending under a number of measures may continue until the end of 2015 and this will provide considerable scope to allow all measures to spend up to their full allocation. Adjustments have already been made to the RDP financial plan and will continue to be made to the end of the Programme in order to achieve the fullest possible draw down of available funds having regard to available national funding.
|
Axis / Measure |
Total RDP Allocation €m |
EAFRD and Exchequer Expenditure 2007 – March 2013 €m |
Of which EAFRD spend |
Of which Exchequer spend |
|
AXIS 1 – Competitiveness |
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|
Vocational training (REPS) |
5,675,440 |
7,227,927 |
4,120,729 |
3,107,198 |
|
Installation Aid |
12,261,081 |
12,892,430 |
6,504,938 |
6,387,492 |
|
Early Retirement |
219,188,239 |
216,450,154 |
115,915,664 |
100,534,490 |
|
Farm Modernisation |
154,570,446 |
80,054,052 |
47,251,733 |
32,802,319 |
|
TOTAL AXIS 1 |
391,695,206 |
316,624,563 |
173,793,064 |
142,831,499 |
|
Axis 2 – Environment and land management |
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|
Less Favoured Areas |
1,617,984,198 |
1,295,213,902 |
712,367,647 |
582,846,255 |
|
Natura 2000 |
528,582,998 |
89,717,139 |
50,226,637 |
39,490,502 |
|
Agri-environment |
1,922,493,570 |
1,929,663,382 |
1,076,014,860 |
853,648,544 |
|
TOTAL AXIS 2 |
4,069,060,766 |
3,314,594,423 |
1,838,609,144 |
1,475,985,301 |
|
Axis 3 |
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|
Broadband |
17,884,000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
TOTAL AXIS 3 |
17,884,000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Axis 4 |
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|
Competitiveness – Food Projects. |
5,000,000 |
89,554 |
76,120 |
13,434 |
|
Implementing Local Development Strategies – Quality of Life |
265,470,511 |
118,145,071 |
78,894,141 |
39,250,930 |
|
Co-operation Projects |
7,878,000 |
2,124,193 |
1,505,080 |
619,113 |
|
Running of LAGS |
62,464,000 |
52,727,893 |
33,935,170 |
18,792,723 |
|
TOTAL AXIS 4 |
340,812,511 |
173,086,711 |
114,410,511 |
58,676,200 |
|
Axis 5 – Technical Assistance |
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|
Technical Assistance |
6,000,000 |
1,441,575 |
720,789 |
720,786 |
|
OVERALL RDP |
4,825,452,483 |
3,805,747,272 |
2,127,533,508 |
1,687,213,786 |
