Written answers

Tuesday, 23 November 2004

Department of Agriculture and Food

Departmental Expenditure

10:00 pm

Photo of Trevor SargentTrevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 350: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure and estimated cost of expenditure outstanding by her Department on recently published books (details supplied); and if any of the expenditure is recoverable from the European Union or any other party. [30162/04]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The expenditure and projected income associated with the two recently published national council for forest research and development books Trees, Forests and the Law in Ireland and Irish Forestry — A Concise History are set out below.

Photo of Trevor SargentTrevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a breakdown (details supplied) of expenditure by or on behalf of the national council for forest research and development during the past 12-month period available; and if she will also provide an estimate of the cost of depreciation of any significant assets in use during the period and of services rendered to the national council for forest research and development by other units within her Department and other Departments or State agencies. [30163/04]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The breakdown of the national council for forest research and development costs for the calendar year 2003, by category requested, is set out below. There was no depreciation of any significant assets in use in 2003 and the national council for forest research and development did not avail of any services from its parent Department at that time, the Department of Marine, Communications and Natural Resources, or any other Department. A copy of the national council for forest research and development annual report for 2003 was made available to all Deputies.

Cost categoryâ'¬
Advertising 13,630.01
Conferences/Seminars 18,535.87
Printing/Stationery 109,728.40
Projects 1,201,888.18
Rent/Phones 8,765.37
Researcher Training 7,659.16
Running Costs 185,073.08
Salaries 147,607.00
Travel & Subsistence 52,648.06
Total 1,745,535.13

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