Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money spent broken down between EU funding and national funding under each heading of the current 2007-2013 rural development plan; the allocation for the programme under each heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14657/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under the Rural Development Programme 2007 - 2013 [RDP] close on €4.8Bn, including national exchequer top up of €516 million, is allocated at programme level. This amount includes an allocation of EAFRD funding of €2.94Bn. Since the launch of the RDP expenditure under the programme up to the end 2012 amounted to €3.74bn. This represents close on 77.6% of the total value of the Programme and 83% of the EAFRD amount. Axes 1 and 2 of the Rural Development Programme are administered by my Department while Axes 3 and 4 are delivered by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Details of the allocation and expenditure per measure under the RDP up to the end of 2012 are set out in the table below. This table does not include funds already committed but not as yet claimed.

The programme, like all national spending, is subject to ongoing budgetary constraints but is configured to maximise all available EU funding. Ireland's draw down rate under the Programme has been among the highest of EU Member States over the lifetime of the current Programme.

Spending under a number of measures may continue until the end of 2015 and this will provide considerable scope to allow all measures to spend up to their full allocation. Adjustments have already been made to the RDP financial plan and will continue to be made to the end of the Programme in order to achieve the fullest possible draw down of available funds.