Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked about the overall picture within the Department. What we are reallocating is current expenditure in 2016. As we have flagged previously, there will be an underspend in other areas of capital budgets such as TAMS. We issued TAMS approvals and farmers applied in good faith. This has been a particularly difficult year for those involved in some of the schemes, including on the dairy side and in the livestock sector. The profile of claims for grant approval coming through suggests much of the work has not been done in 2016 for prudent financial reasons. Obviously, these entitlements will be honoured in 2017. For example, there are some savings on the Haulbowline remediation project, a legacy issue for the Government that landed in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The funding provided for Cork County Council for the project from the Department's capital allocation has not been drawn down. The expected drawdown has not happened in some other areas of the capital funding scheme, including TAMS. The complete profile on the capital side will not be apparent until the end of the year, but we will make it available when we have it.