Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money received in 2008 from compulsory modulation; and the percentage of this fund which has been used for projects in the rural environment. [3119/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Under the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme modulated funds of €225.5m were included as an integral part of the overall funding available. Over the period of the programme the total allocation of funding of €5.778bn was based on three sources: EU co-funding €2.114bn, Modulation €0.225bn, Exchequer €3.439bn. In the year 2008 approximately €41m of modulated funds were included in the funding of the various support measures under the programme. The programme addresses three priorities, competitiveness, the environment and the wider rural economy, and encompasses the following main measures: REPS, Compensatory Allowances, Early Retirement, Installation Aid, Farm Modernisation.