The table below sets out the measures funded under the Rural Development Programme 2007 – 2013 [RDP], including EAFRD funding and the corresponding national funding. The expenditure information is based on my Department’s quarterly returns to the European Commission and the table reflects the provisional estimates up to November 2013. The table does not include funds already committed but not as yet claimed.
Axis / Measure
|
Current
RDP
Allocation
€
|
EAFRD
Allocation
€
|
Total
Exchequer
Allocation
€
|
EAFRD
and
Exchequer
Expenditure
2007 - November 2013
[Provisional]
€
|
Of which
EAFRD
Spend
€
|
Of which
Exchequer
Spend
€
|
AXIS 1 – Competitiveness
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vocational training (REPS)
|
5,675,440
|
3,458,613
|
2,216,827
|
7,264,686
|
4,152,199
|
3,112,487
|
Installation Aid
|
12,261,081
|
7,471,903
|
4,789,178
|
12,892,430
|
6,504,938
|
6,387,792
|
Early Retirement
|
219,188,239
|
133,592,630
|
85,595,609
|
223,057,575
|
121,552,701
|
101,504,874
|
Farm Modernisation
|
154,570,446
|
92,992,230
|
61,578,216
|
86,100,160
|
52,390,925
|
33,709,235
|
TOTAL AXIS 1
|
391,695,206
|
237,515,376
|
154,179,830
|
329,314,851
|
184,600,763
|
144,714,388
|
Axis 2 – Environment and land management
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less Favoured Areas
|
1,617,984,198
|
634,141,309
|
983,842,889
|
1,439,685,535
|
791,827,045
|
647,858,490
|
Natura 2000
|
528,582,998
|
308,720,649
|
219,862,349
|
93,100,734
|
52,293,562
|
40,807,172
|
Agri-environment
|
1,922,493,570
|
1,058,314,930
|
864,178,640
|
1,951,417,512
|
1,090,070,162
|
861,347,350
|
TOTAL AXIS 2
|
4,069,060,766
|
2,001,176,888
|
2,067,883,878
|
3,484,203,781
|
1,934,190,769
|
1,550,013,012
|
Axis 3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadband
|
17,884,000
|
13,413,000
|
4,471,000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
TOTAL AXIS 3
|
17,884,000
|
13,413,000
|
4,471,000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Axis 4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Competitiveness –
Food Projects.
|
5,000,000
|
4,250,000
|
750,000
|
248,620
|
211,327
|
37,293
|
Implementing
Local Development
Strategies – Quality of Life
|
265,470,511
|
182,632,819
|
82,837,692
|
153,249,782
|
108,750,578
|
44,499,204
|
Co-operation Projects
|
7,878,000
|
5,885,653
|
1,992,347
|
2,822,480
|
2,098,624
|
723,856
|
Running of LAGS
|
62,464,000
|
46,666,854
|
15,797,146
|
59,851,088
|
39,989,886
|
19,861,202
|
TOTAL AXIS 4
|
340,812,511
|
239,435,326
|
101,377,185
|
216,171,970
|
151,050,415
|
65,121,555
|
Axis 5 –
Technical Assistance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technical Assistance
|
6,000,000
|
3,000,000
|
3,000,000
|
1,651,155
|
825,578
|
825,577
|
OVERALL RDP
|
4,825,452,483
|
2,494,540,590
|
2,330,911,893
|
4,031,341,757
|
2,270,667,525
|
1,760,674,232
|