Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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682. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for SafeFood for the years 2010 to date in 2013; and any proposed budget reductions to these bodies currently being considered. [49350/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Details of the Food Safety Promotion Board's (FSPB/safefood) budget for the years in question are as follows:

2010 - €9.522m

2011 - €8.5m

2012 - €8.5m

2013 - €8.5m

Efficiency savings of 12%, to be achieved by the end of 2016, have been agreed by the Finance Departments North and South. These will result in a reduction of approximately 4% for each of the years 2014 to 2016.