Written answers
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Departmental Expenditure
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
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268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of food safety, public health, animal health and welfare and plant health for each of the years from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44017/15]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table.
Subhead B: Food Safety, Animal Health & Welfare, Plant Health Expenditure 2011 to End November 2015
| - | - | Total 2011 | Total 2012 | Total 2013 | Total 2014 | 2015 to End November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.1 | Administrative Pay | 105,868 | 100,362 | 96,752 | 92,197 | 83,173 |
| B.2 | Administrative Non-Pay | 29,455 | 26,746 | 25,867 | 28,082 | 24,498 |
| B.3 | Programmes | 121,304 | 111,317 | 90,304 | 79,419 | 61,223 |
| Current | 120,756 | 111,317 | 90,304 | 79,419 | 61,179 | |
| Capital | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
| B.3.1 | Meat Control Laboratory | 400 | 860 | 699 | 840 | 448 |
| B.3.2 | TVIs Meat Inspection | 19,081 | 17,634 | 17,607 | 18,039 | 16,472 |
| B.3.3 | Vet. Testing & Research | 4,134 | 4,478 | 4,253 | 4,090 | 3,805 |
| B.3.4 | TB & Bruc. Eradication | 39,794 | 38,093 | 31,732 | 35,253 | 25,606 |
| B.3.5 | National Beef Assurance Current | 6,342 | 6,341 | 5,872 | 5,667 | 5,074 |
| B.3.6 | Scrapie | 1,058 | 381 | 456 | 326 | 238 |
| B.3.7 | Oth. Animals Dis. Measures | 1,511 | 1,312 | 1,749 | 1,791 | 1,326 |
| B.3.8.1 | An. Wel. Control of Horses Current | 2,705 | 2,199 | 3,054 | 2,248 | 807 |
| B.3.8.2 | An. Wel. Control of Horses Capital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| B.3.9 | Other Animal Welfare | 1,277 | 1,408 | 2,160 | 2,085 | 240 |
| B.3.10 | BSE Comp. & Related Costs | 3,364 | 1,984 | 620 | 82 | 263 |
| B.3.11 | BSE Testing | 3,226 | 1,373 | 1,191 | 681 | 665 |
| B.3.12 | Fallen Animals Scheme | 5,667 | 5,778 | 7,049 | 5,012 | 4,717 |
| B.3.13 | Render Store Dest. Of MBM | 100 | 20 | 17 | 31 | 23 |
| B.3.14 | FMD General Costs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B.3.15 | Feed Stuff Analysis | 187 | 182 | 157 | 196 | 147 |
| B.3.16 | Pesticide / Plant Protect | 970 | 996 | 1,007 | 886 | 842 |
| B.3.17 | Suckler Cow / Anml. Welfare | 30,845 | 28,198 | 10,290 | 1,063 | 29 |
| B.3.18 | Poultry & Eggs | 67 | 56 | 54 | 75 | 48 |
| B.3.19 | An. Hlt. Insp. Milk Certs | 25 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 7 |
| B.3.20 | Other | 0 | 0 | 2,324 | 582 | -7 |
| B.3.21 | Dairy Science Laboratories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 458 | 429 |
| B.3.18* | Animal Welfare -Pig Welfare Current | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 256,627 | 238,425 | 212,923 | 199,698 | 168,894 |
The information on the table corresponds to expenditure under Programme B “ Food Safety, Animal Health & Welfare and Plant Health” and the strategies underpinning this programme include
-Implementing food and feed safety monitoring, inspection and control programmes at primary, producer and processing levels
-Providing an efficient laboratory services for animal, plant and food products
-Promoting and enforcing enhanced animal /product identification to support food safety and animal health and welfare
-Intensify the various animal and fish disease control/eradication programmes in order to make significant progress towards eradication
-Promoting animal welfare standards and secure compliance with these regulations.
-Operating an effective plant health service to minimise threats from harmful plant and forestry pests and diseases.
The decline in expenditure over recent years is largely attributable to lower animal disease incidence, closure of the Suckler Cow Welfare Scheme and more cost-effective and efficient delivery of schemes and services.
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