Written answers
Thursday, 24 November 2016
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Rural Development Programme Funding
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations under the 2014-2020 rural development programme by measure and sub-measure, in tabular form; the respective budget allocations for each year in this RDP; the annual amount of expenditure expended to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36761/16]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The financial allocations under the 2014 - 2020 Rural Development Programme (RDP) for each measure and sub measure level are shown in Table. 1
Table 1: Financial Allocation by Measure & Submeasure for Ireland's 2014 -2020 RDP
| Measure and Submeasure | Total Allocation 2014-2020 |
|---|---|
| Measure 1 - Knowledge transfer and information actions | 126,100,000 |
| Submeasure 1.1 (Knowledge transfer groups and M10 Training) | 126,100,000 |
| Measure 2 - Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services | 8,000,000 |
| Submeasure 2.3 (CPD for Agri Advisors) | 2,000,000 |
| Submeasures 2.1 & 2.3 (Targeted Advisory Service on Animal Health and Welfare) | 6,000,000 |
| Measure 4 - Investments in physical assets | 425,000,000 |
| Submeasure 4.1 (TAMS II) | 395,000,000 |
| AEOS Transitional | 30,000,000 |
| Measure 7 - Basic services and village renewal in rural areas | 6,000,000 |
| Submeasure 7.6 (GLAS Traditional Farm Buildings) | 6,000,000 |
| Measure 10 - Agri-environment-climate | 1,588,150,630 |
| Submeasure 10.1 (GLAS, BDGP, The Burren Programme & Transitional AEOS/REPS) | 1,588,150,630 |
| Measure 11 - Organic farming | 56,000,000 |
| Submeasures 11.1 & 11.2 (The Organic Farming Scheme) | 56,000,000 |
| Measure 12 Natura 2000 & WFD (Transitional) | 73,250,000 |
| 73,250,000 | |
| Measure 13 - Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints | 1,370,000,000 |
| Submeasure 13.2 & 13.3 (ANC including Islands) | 1,370,000,000 |
| Measure 16 - Co-operation | 7,000,000 |
| Submeasure 16.1 (Collaborative Farming) | 4,000,000 |
| Submeasure 16.3 (EIPs) | 3,000,000 |
| Measure 19 - Support for LEADER local development | 250,000,000 |
| Submeasures 19.1, 19.2,19.3 & 19.4 (LEADER) | 250,000,000 |
| Measure 20 Total - Technical Assistance | 6,000,000 |
| 6,000,000 | |
| ERS (Transitional) | 9,207,547 |
| Total | 3,924,708,177 |
Table 2 shows the budget allocations for RDP funded schemes for 2014, 2015 ( original and as revised by the supplementary estimate) and 2016; the allocations for 2018, 2019 and 2020 have not been determined yet as annual scheme allocations will be determined within the context of the estimates process for those years and the allocations for 2017 will not be available until the Revised Estimates Volume is published next month.
Table 2
| Vote sub head | Title of Scheme | 2014 allocation €000 | Original allocation for 2015 €000 | Post Supplementary Estimate Allocation for 2015 €000 | 2016 allocation €000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.4 | Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme | 195,000 | 195,000 | 207,000 | 202,000 |
| A.12 | Beef Data and Genomics Programme | 52,000 | 35,000 | 52,000 | |
| C.3.2 | Agri - Environment Option Scheme (AEOS) | 61,000 | 71,000 | 71,000 | 40,850 |
| C.3.3 | Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) | 20,000 | 20,000 | 142,000 | |
| C.4 | Land Mobility-Early Retirement Scheme | 10,000 | 8,144 | 7,394 | 5,016 |
| C.5.1 | Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) | 17,200 | 34,000 | 30,500 | 35,800 |
| C.3.5 | Organic Farming Schemes | (included in REPS) | 6,000 | 6,000 | 10,000 |
| C.3.1 | Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) including Catchment Programme | 121,450 | 52,000 | 52,000 | 2194 |
| C.3.4 | Locally Led Environmental Schemes | 1,200 | |||
| C.9 | Technical assistance | 1000 | 1000 | 100 | 1000 |
| B.3 | Targeted Advisory Service for Animal Disease | 700 | |||
| A.10.5 | Speciality Foods Scheme | 989 | |||
| A.10.10 | Collaborative Farming | 500 |
As mentioned above, the allocations shown above are the Vote sub head allocations, and in some cases these cover more than the 2014-2020 RDP co-funded activities. For example, approximately €5.0m of the allocation in the BDGP Subhead in 2015 related to payments made in 2015 for the Beef Genomics Scheme and Beef Data Programme (which were the BDGPs non-RDP co-funded predecessor schemes) rather than the co-funded BDGP scheme, while the co-funded expenditure on the Early Retirement Scheme in 2014 and 2015 was drawn from the previous RDP rather than the 2014-2020 RDP, and the same applied to TAMS for 2014 and most of 2015. Furthermore Locally Led (Burren Life) was a fully EU funded scheme up to this year.
Expenditure for 2014, 2015 and up to 23rd November 2016 is set out in Table 3.
Table 3: Amount of expenditure to date;
| Title of Scheme | 2014 €000 | 2015 €000 | 2016 Outturn – 23 Nov. €000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme | 194,238 | 205,906 | 197,978 |
| Beef Data and Genomics Programme | 34,692 | 28,927 | |
| AEOS | 60,773 | 79,801 | 13,719 |
| GLAS | 11,453 | 5,259 | |
| Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme | 16,456 | 24,830 | 5,117 |
| Early Retirement Scheme | 10,523 | 7,143 | 3,813 |
| Organic Farming Schemes | 4,428 | 7,969 | 2,529 |
| REPS | 133,342 | 30,173 | 2,491 |
| Locally Led Environmental Schemes (Burren) | 952 | ||
| Technical assistance | 140 | 123 | 687 |
| Collaborative Farming | 220 | ||
| Speciality Foods Scheme | 10 | ||
| Targeted Advisory Service for Animal Disease | 74 |
In relation to LEADER, expenditure related to the 2014-2020 RDP was nil in 2014 and in 2015 was €1,251,185. The allocation to this measure in 2016 is €35,988,800. My Department does not have up-to-date 2016 expenditure figures as this Measure is not managed by the Department
A very substantial amount of further expenditure will take place in the coming weeks particularly in respect of the GLAS, AEOS and BDGP schemes.
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