Written answers
Thursday, 6 July 2006
Department of Agriculture and Food
Departmental Bodies
6:00 pm
Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under his Department. [27790/06]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Budgetary allocations were made through my Department's Revised Estimates for 2006 for the following public bodies:
| Organisation | Expenditure Details | 2006 Estimate Total Amount |
| €000 | ||
| Teagasc | Grant-in-Aid for General Expenses — training courses under the National Development Programme 2000/06 | 134,028 |
| An Bord Bia | Grant-in-Aid for General Expenses | 22,403 |
| Council for Forest Research and Development (COFORD) | To support research and development administered by COFORD | 3,800 |
| Irish Horse Board | Development and promotion of the Non-Thorough Bred horse industry, operation of the Irish Horse Register and administration | 836 |
Allocations were also made for the following:
| Organisation | Expenditure Details 2006 | Estimate Total Amount |
| €000 | ||
| Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) | Grant Assistance for ICBF cattle breed improvement activities | 888 |
| The Dairy Research Trust (Established by ICOS, IFA and ICMSA) | To part-fund research projects for improving competitiveness at both producer and processor level in the dairy sector | 440 |
There was also a total allocation of €20 million provided for Research and Development grants for third level institutions and Teagasc under the Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) (NDP 2000/06) (€14 million) and the Research Stimulus Fund (€6 million).
Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of her Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons' fees of State bodies recently sanctioned by the Government. [27804/06]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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There are five non-executive chairpersons of State bodies under the remit of my Department affected by the increase.
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