Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 December 2021
701. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the annual budget from his Department to Teagasc; the breakdown of the level of funding provided to Teagasc under each scheme in each of the past five years. [60512/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department provides Teagasc with a yearly Grant Aid allocation to support its work in providing integrated research, training and advisory services to the agrifood sector. Grant Aid is provided for salaries, pensions, current expenditure and capital works. The yearly allocations over the past five years are as follows:
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
|
Pay |
44.500 |
45.200 |
47.430 |
48.417 |
49.680 |
|
Non-pay |
27.140 |
26.500 |
28.000 |
28.500 |
28.422 |
|
Superannuation |
42.240 |
42.720 |
43.502 |
42.956 |
44.314 |
|
Training |
10.500 |
10.500 |
10.500 |
10.500 |
10.500 |
|
Capital |
2.400 |
3.200 |
3.150 |
3.150 |
4.950 |
|
Total |
126.8m |
128.1m |
132.58m |
133.52m |
137.87m |
In addition to Grant Aid, Teagasc generate non-Grant Aid income annually comprising grants awarded as a result of success in competitions for research and advisory funds at national and EU level, advisory and education fees, farm operations and industry levies. It has also benefited from once-off capital grants from my Department for specific capital projects including the Food Innovation Hub (€8.8m) and Prepared Consumer Foods Centre (€10m).
