Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On that €8.9 million, my understanding is there will probably be the guts of 500,000 more cattle in the country. I know the difference has to be made up with the EU but one would imagine we would have to pick up another bit there in terms of the percentage for a rainy day fund in case of extra TB problems and compensation.

Why is there a drop in expenditure for policy and strategy when agriculture is at a key road? It is a sector that is in difficulty so one would imagine that policy and strategy would be important in that regard. Is that drop solely related to the Department?

Pay in the Department seems to be gone up 11% and administration non-pay is down 4%. Could the Minister give us a breakdown on that?

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