Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2017
1023. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each of the sub-sectors of agriculture to which the Common Agriculture Policy 2014-2020 is allocated; the associated amounts allocated to each sub-sector; the amount of matching funding made available in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12944/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraFunding under the CAP is comprised of 100% EU funded Pillar 1 – Basic Payment / Greening / Young Farmers Schemes, and Pillar 2, which are co-funded RDP Schemes. Pillar 1 schemes are not sector specific, being based on the farmers historic entitlements, rather than their current type of farming activity.
As regards Pillar 2, Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020 is co-funded by the EU’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the national exchequer. EU support for the RDP via the EAFRD amounts to an aggregate sum of €2.19 billion over the 7-year Programme lifespan. This EU funding will be supplemented by exchequer funding bringing the total allocation to some €4 billion.
Generally RDP schemes are not sector specific. However the Beef Data and Genomics Programme and Animal Welfare Scheme for Sheep are sector specific. Their total (EU and national) allocations for 2015, 2016 and 2017 are set out in the table. The EU co funding rate for the BDGP is 53% and that co funding rate also applies to half the funding for the Animal Welfare Scheme for Sheep.
|
Title of co funded Scheme |
2015 allocation €000 |
2016 allocation €000 |
2017 allocation €000 |
|
Beef Data and Genomics Programme |
*35,000 |
52,000 |
52,000 |
|
Animal Welfare Scheme for Sheep |
0 |
0 |
25,000 |
*Revised allocation post 2015 Supplementary Estimates Process
The individual scheme allocations for 2018, 2019, and 2020 have not been determined yet as annual scheme allocations will be determined within the context of the estimates process for those years.
The Knowledge Transfer Scheme and TAMS also have sector specific sub–schemes but the sub-allocations are indicative rather than definitive in so far as they are operated within the same sub-head of the DAFM vote.
