Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of the EU budget which was spent on the CAP in 1995; the percentage which will be spent on the CAP in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22190/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The total EU budget for the CAP for 2005, excluding rural development, is €42.514 billion, or approximately 40% of the total EU budget of €106.3 billion.

In 1995, expenditure on the CAP, excluding rural development style accompanying measures, was €33.632 billion, or 50.72% of total EU expenditure for that year.

This core CAP expenditure excludes EAGGF guarantee funded rural development measures, which in 2005 amount to €6.279 billion, compared to €0.832 billion in 1995. When added to the CAP expenditures, this brings the EAGGF guarantee budget for agriculture to 45.9% of total budget in 2005, compared with 51.97% in 1995.