Written answers
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
Environmental Schemes
9:00 pm
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding provided for REP scheme and agri-environment options scheme for 2011; the expenditure incurred under those schemes in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14635/12]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I am committed to agri-environment schemes, which put environmentally-friendly farming to the forefront and which recognise the vital role farmers play in delivering public goods for the benefit of all society. The funding provided for agri-environment schemes, covering the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) and the Agri-environment Options Scheme (AEOS) 2011 was â¬337 million. The actual expenditure incurred for REPS and AEOS in 2011 was â¬262.9 and â¬14.1 million respectively. Despite the financial pressures facing my Department, I have made provision in 2012 for the schemes of â¬243 million.
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