Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

Capital expenditure for next year will be of the order of €329 million. I do not know from where Deputy Doyle got the figure of €100 million. The four year plan states that €75 million in savings is to be achieved in 2011. This will be achieved under a number of subheads. An area in respect of which we have made substantial savings in the past 18 months is administration, in particular the rationalisation programme in regard to offices. These savings have been devoted to farm programmes. Some of the savings made last year on the administrative budget may have gone into the REPS subhead and farm waste management scheme. Savings of €75 million are be achieved under the 2011 budget in comparison with the 2010 budget.

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