Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by her Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be achieved by spending of such financial envelopes; the timescale set out for achievement of targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25972/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Department of Finance's Capital Envelope Agreement, the total provision for my Department's capital spending for the period 2006 to 2010 is €1,301.8 million, details as follows:

Approximately 95% of these capital allocations will fund the various demand led grant schemes which are available to farmers and the wider agri-food sector under the National Development Plan and the CAP Rural Development Plan for 2000-2006, and those under the new programming period post 2006. These measures are an essential element in our efforts to develop a competitive consumer-focussed agri food sector, to promote the development of environmentally friendly and sustainable systems of agriculture, forestry and food production, to assist structural change and to contribute to a vibrant rural economy and society.

The remaining 5% of the capital allocations relate to capital expenditure on administrative and IT related systems which are essential for the operation of and delivery of Department services to the agricultural services.