Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 664: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or resources in his Department. [36709/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

A substantial proportion of the Department's Vote is allocated to schemes and services, many of which are demand led. Expenditure covers a wide range of activities including payments to farmers under various schemes, food safety, animal and public health areas and Grants-in Aid to State bodies. Actual expenditure in any year is dependent on a number of variables such as the level of scheme participation, fully documented claims being lodged and the incidence of animal disease.