Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 524: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding allocated under the current Common Agricultural Policy to rural development programmes; if he will set out each measure; the amount currently spent; his views on whether all funding available from EU sources under these measures will be drawn down under the current programme. [27730/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Axis 1 and 2 of the Rural Development Programme are administered by my Department while Axis 3/4 is delivered by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. A broadband measure is delivered by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Details of the allocation and spend per measure under Axis 1 and 2 of the Programme up to 31 March 2012 are set out in the table below. Spending may continue under certain measures in Axis 1 until 2015. Spending under the programme is kept under constant review to ensure that draw down is maximised. The programme, like all national spending, is subject to ongoing budgetary constraints but is configured to maximise all available EU funding.