Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2023
1310. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works projects within his Department that received EU funding in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the amount of EU funding received per capital works project, in tabular form. [38479/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to advise the Deputy that the information as requested is set out, in aggregate form and for the timeframes as requested, in the table below.
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Funding Amount €M* |
No of Projects |
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Capital Works Projects that received EU funding in 2022 |
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Brexit Adjustment Local Authority Marine Infrastructure (BALAMI) Scheme |
55.3 |
164 |
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LEADER |
30.2 |
587 |
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Pilot Soil Analysis Programme |
4.6 |
|
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Traditional Farm Building Scheme |
0.6 |
|
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Burren Program |
0.2 |
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Capital Works Projects that received EU funding in 2023 (to date) |
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LEADER |
2.4 |
86 |
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Pilot Soil Analysis Programme |
0.4 |
|
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Burren Program |
0.2 |
|
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Traditional Farm Building Scheme |
0.05 |
*rounded to nearest 1 decimal place
The Brexit Adjustment Local Authority Marine Infrastructure Scheme 2022-2023 gives effect to one of the recommendations of the Seafood Sector Taskforce which I established to identify how to address the impacts of Brexit on the seafood sector. In total the Scheme has approved 164 project for funding of up to €55.3m.
Details of the funding allocated under the BALAMI Scheme is available online at the link below;
assets.gov.ie/241680/424d4a04-6c7a-455b-ae50-fedd99c17212.pdf
The LEADER Programme is a key intervention of Our Rural Future, the Government’s Policy for rural development launched in 2021, which aims to deliver a range of actions to rural communities over the lifetime of the policy. It is a multi-annual programme for rural development co-funded by the EU through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
As part of this LEADER supports projects for capital investment in rural Ireland. In 2022 and to date in 2023 there were 673 capital projects approved for funding in excess of €33.4 million.
Further details with respect to the LEADER Programme are available online at the link below
www.gov.ie/en/service/87e09-leader-programme-for-rural-development/
