Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 742: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding committed to in his Department for capital projects; if he will provide details of the projects and funding committed; the funds that have been drawn down for the projects; when the balance will be drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26624/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The total capital budget for my Department in 2012 is €194.9m of which €97m has been spent up to the end of May 2012. The latest forecast indicates that the full capital allocation will be spent in 2012. The capital allocation of the breaks down into the following broad categories: -

Vote Expenditure

allocation Jan -May

(i) Administrative Budget €2.7m 0.4m

(ii) Demand led schemes. €153.7m 87.2m

(iii) Grants to the food processing sector €18.5m. 2.7m

(iv) Non commercial State sponsored bodies €14.5m. 4.1m

(v) Horse and Greyhound Fund €5.5m. 2.6m

Total 2012 capital budget €194.9m. €97m.

The demand led scheme category of capital expenditure comprises capital schemes which are currently open to receiving new applications and other schemes which are closed to new applicants but for which the Department must continue to provide funding to enable outstanding grants be drawn down. In the case of demand led schemes, expenditure in any one year is driven by a number of factors, such as by external economic factor, future expectations as well as the number and value of claims for payment received, processed and approved for payment during the year.

The following is a detailed breakdown of the above headings