Written answers

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the cost of travel and expenses for his Department. [30119/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Using my Department’s 2013 outturn of €8,495,088 for travel and subsistence expenses as a base and excluding €509,027 EU Presidency related expenses, the following table sets out the projected savings if the various percentage reductions were applied:

% ReductionAnnual Saving €
1%79,861
5%399,303
7%559,024
10%798,606
12%958,327
15%1,197,909
20%1,597,212

In the period 2008 to 2013 my Department made total savings in its annual travel and subsistence expenditure of €10,290,307 (56%). These considerable savings have been driven by deploying more advanced technology, improving business processes and rationalising inspections. However it must be borne in mind that much of the Department’s business takes place on farms and other premises, many of which are in remote rural locations. This business in the main relates to inspections and controls which my Department is required to carry out under EU and National legislation.

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in a tabular form, the expected carryover of current expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year. [30153/14]

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the expected carryover of capital expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year. [30168/14]

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the expected unspent current expenditure from 2014 into the next year. [30200/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 380 to 382, inclusive, together.

The gross Vote funding provided for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in 2014 is €1,220m broken down as €1,019.2m in current expenditure and €200.5m in capital expenditure (including €16.8m capital funding carried over from 2013). At this point in the year it is not anticipated that there will be any underspend on either current or capital expenditure and that capital funding will not be carried forward into 2015. Carryover of unspent current expenditure from one year to the next is not permitted.

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