Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has spent his full allocation of REP scheme funding of €369 million in 2009. [3858/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The original 2009 Vote allocation of €330 million which was provided for expenditure on REPS was increased to €369 million by way of Supplementary estimate on 8 December. The additional funding was sought principally to meet expected expenditure arising under REPS 4. However, not all REPS 4 applications cleared the stringent pre-payment administrative checks in time to be paid during 2009 and the final outturn for the year was €342 million.