Written answers

Friday, 16 December 2016

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Rural Development Programme Funding

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out in tabular form the breakdown of total expenditure incurred to date in 2016 and the annual amount of funds originally allocated to the schemes (details supplied) under the Rural Development Programme 2014-20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40877/16]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

Of the schemes listed by the Deputy the Horticulture Industry and Development of the Organic Sector schemes are not in RDP 2014-2020 while no allocation was made for the Knowledge Transfer Scheme in 2016.

A substantial amount of further expenditure will take place in the coming weeks particularly in GLAS, BDGP, AEOS and Organics.

Title of Scheme2016 allocation

€000
2016 Outturn – 14 December

€000
Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme 202,000200,117
Beef Data and Genomics Programme 52,00036,675
AEOS 40,85024,539
GLAS139,500*5,893
Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme35,8006,366
Early Retirement Scheme4,602*4,408
Organic Farming Schemes10,0003,784
REPS (including Agricultural Catchment Programme)2,1942,652
Locally Led Environmental Schemes (Burren)1,2001,677
Technical assistance1,000790
Collaborative Farming500329
Speciality Foods Scheme98910
Targeted Advisory Service for Animal Disease700183
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Totals491,335287,423
*Revised allocation post 2016 Supplementary Estimate Process.

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