Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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That is going towards the fodder balancing payment. We did the advance payment of the fodder scheme at the end of last year and we are now doing the balancing payment. We are taking some of that from savings but we need an extra €5 million in new funding, which is coming from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Delivery and Reform by way of this Supplementary Estimate.
That is what the €5 million refers to.