Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Question 265: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital expenditure of his Department from 2004 to 2011, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40388/11]

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money spent by him on capital expenditure per annum from 2000 to date in 2011. [40481/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 265 and 271 together.

Capital Expenditure in my Department over the period 2000 to 2011 (to date, 14 December) was as follows:

Year Amount (€ m)

2000 127.2

2001 111.9

2002 57.9

2003 133.9

2004 140.1

2005 156.2

2006 149.5

2007 295.3

2008 684.1

2009 546.0

2010 491.2

2011 (at 14 December 2011) 186.1

The substantial increase in capital expenditure over the years 2007 to 2010 is accounted for largely by payments under the Farm Waste Management Scheme.

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Question 266: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allocated budget for his Department in 2011 and the actual outturns in each of his Department subheads at the end of 2011. [40395/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The budget for my Department is set out in the Revised Estimates for the Public Services, 2011 under the following four (4) expenditure programmes: -

A. Agrifood policy, Development and Trade: €383.6m.

B. Food Safety, Animal Health and Welfare

And Plant Health €317.1m.

C. Rural Economy and Environment €647.9m.

D. Effective Delivery of Client Focused Schemes and Services €298.9m. Total €1,647.5m.

Based on the latest available information, the Department is forecasting that savings on the Vote will arise. As the Department will be incurring expenditure up to and including 31 December 2011, it is not possible to indicate the final outturn under each expenditure programme at the end of the year.