Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 February 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector

9:00 am

Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

That question would be better directed to the Department that leads on CEDRA. I do not have the figure in front of me. We make a number of different contributions to overall rural development. The agrifood sector makes a major contribution to rural development. We attend to things inside the farm gate and to the food industry, which is a hugely important part of overall rural development, and I would not play that down too much.

A small fund was set up for small community developments.