Tom Sheahan (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the projects approved in her Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who conducted the analysis in each case. [18176/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Finance's "Guidelines for the Appraisal and Management of Capital Expenditure Proposals in the Public Sector" require that projects of a value in excess of €30 million be subject to a full cost/benefit analysis. Almost all capital expenditure in my Department relates to capital grant schemes involving relatively small scale investments by farmers and others in the agri-food sector. There were no capital projects costing in excess of €30m, and therefore requiring detailed cost/benefit analysis, undertaken by my Department in the period referred to.