Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected total expenditure under the agri-environment schemes under the common agriculture policy programme 2007-2013; the percentage of this that will be co-funded by the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22538/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Expenditure on agri - environment schemes over the period 2007 to 2013 is estimated at €2.015 billion, details as follows: -

When EU co funding is taken into account, the net Exchequer cost of funding eligible expenditure on REPs and AEOS agri environment measures is, subject to EU funding limitations, 45% and 25% respectively.