Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)

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3:15 pm

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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We have an estimate of €184 million for rural environment. It says that 12,000 left REPS 4 in 2013, a further 16,148 will be leaving in 2014 and a final tranche of 850 will be exiting in 2015. How many of the 16,148 farmers leaving in 2014 are budgeted to be paid the last payment under REPS in 2014? Could the Minister give me a breakdown between the early retirement and the installation aid in the €10 million that is provided? How much will that estimate be in 2015? Could we get a strategic look at what is happening here?

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