Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Question 92: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of cuts in euro in expenditure in his spending in each section of his Department in 2009 in comparison to 2008; the percentage this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20155/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The 2009 total gross Estimate for my Department, broken down by subhead and measure, together with the percentage change under each heading compared with the outturn in 2008, was published by the Department of Finance on 23 April 2009 in the Revised Estimates Volume for 2009. It shows a gross provision of €1.985 billion for 2009 which is 6% lower than the comparable 2008 outturn of €2.101 billion. When the exceptional provisions in 2008 and 2009 for the Farm Waste Management Scheme (2008: €413 million; 2009: €220 million) and the measures dealing with dioxins in pig meat (2008: €35 million; 2009: €165 million) are excluded, the 2009 allocation is approximately 3% lower than the comparable 2008 outturn. The reductions reflect the measures taken by the Government to deal with the deterioration in public finances generally.