John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he or his Department had discussions recently with the board of Teagasc in terms of the budget to be allocated to Teagasc in order to continue providing services to farmers in 2009; the financial allocation made to Teagasc in the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34262/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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There is routine ongoing contact between my Department and Teagasc in relation to its annual financial allocation. In that context the Department informed Teagasc in July of a revision to its 2008 allocation in view of the Government Decision on required savings in Government Departments and State Agencies.

The financial allocations made to Teagasc by my Department for capital and non-capital purposes in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 are as follows:

The financial allocation to be made to Teagasc for 2009 will be announced in the Budget.