Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2006
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 546: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent on the rural development measures of the national development plan to date; the amount estimated to be spent by the end of the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34951/06]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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There are four rural development measures of the National Development Programme administered by my Department: The Rural Development Fund; The Western Investment Fund; The Area Based Rural Development Initiative; and the Farm Relief Services Programme.
The spend to the end of December 2005 and the anticipated spend to the end of the NDP is as follows:
Programme | Spend 2000-2005 | Estimated expenditure for the duration of the NDP |
â'¬m | â'¬m | |
Rural Development Fund | 1.546 | 2.496 |
Western Investment Fund | 15.331 | 21.331 |
Area Based Rural Development Initiative | 43.333 | 75.6 |
Farm Relief Services | 2.395 | 4.13 |
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 547: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount spent to date on the agriculture and rural development measure of the national development plan to date; the amount estimated to be spent by the end of the NDP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34273/06]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position for the 2000-2006 NDP measures under my Department's remit is set out in the following table.
Measures | Expenditure 2000-2005 | Estimated Expenditure 2006 |
€m | €m | |
CAP Rural Development Plan (Early Retirement Scheme, Compensatory Allowances, REPS and Forestry) and other on- farm/forestry "rural development" supports contained in the regional operational programmes | 3,700 | 800 |
Other agricultural measures — improvement of cattle and equine breeding infrastructures, improvement in equine quality, international equine institute, animal carcass disposal and Teagasc advisory services | 70 | 13 |
Training | 74 | 12 |
Research | 52 | 10 |
Food | 144 | 350 |
Total | 4,040 | 1,185 |
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