Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018
950. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the 2018 funding allocation to the sustainability support and advisory programme by project costs and staff costs; and if the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government's €1 million annual allocation as per Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 8 May 2018 constitutes a separate allocation to the programme. [24330/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe ‘Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme’ is an innovative Government/ industry collaborative initiative and a new approach to achieving improvements in water quality and wider sustainability. It involves the establishment and joint funding between my Department, the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government (DHPLG) and the Dairy Industry of a resource of 30 Agricultural Sustainability Advisors.
20 of these advisors are being jointly funded by my Department and the DHPLG.
The total projected pro rata costs for 2018 for the Government funded advisors is €817,000; this is being jointly financed by my Department and DHPLG.
