EU Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 November 2017

Thursday, 16 November 2017

Ceisteanna (183)

Charlie McConalogue

Ceist:

183. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding drawn down to date on an annual basis under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Operational Programme 2014 to 2020 in each county and fishing port, in tabular form; the annual breakdown of funding allocated; the breakdown in all the seafood sectors, that is, fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48628/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The information requested by the deputy is set out in the following tables. The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme provided grant aid for data collection only in 2014, while in 2015 aid was provided for Data Collection and Control and Enforcement.  From 2016 onwards, supports were provided through a wide range of schemes to the sector.  Figures for 2017 will not be available until 2018.  Data is not available by county or fishing port. The small discrepancy between the two tables for total expenditure over the period 2014-16 is accounted for by inclusion in the first table of administrative costs of approximately €55,000.

	2014	2015	2016
Allocation	5,873,241	7,358,077
Expenditure	5,873,241	7,358,077	17,624,092

 

	Fisheries	Aquaculture	Processing   & marketing	Data   Collection	Control and   Enforcement
Expenditure 2014 - 2016	1,387,135.24	1,735,448.81	4,958,859.8	18,479,338	4,239,427.61