Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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1588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statutory basis of the agricultural appeals office; the number of full time and part staff employed in the agricultural appeals office in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by staff category (details supplied) in tabular form; and the exchequer funding allocated to the appeals office in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [28506/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Agriculture Appeals Act 2001, along with the Agriculture Appeals Regulations 2002, provides the legal basis for the service.

Since 2002 the Agriculture Appeals Office (AAO) provides an independent appeal service to farmers who are dissatisfied with decisions of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine concerning designated schemes implemented by the Department.

Fulltime (F)/Part time (P)/*denotes staff changes during year

There are no other personnel in the Agriculture Appeals Office other than those provided in the table above.

An Annual Budget is provided to the Agriculture Appeals Office for expenses that may be incurred in relation to legal costs. All other costs in relation to administration, services and accommodation are paid for from the central voted funds of my Department.

The annual budget expenditure for the Office for the years 2010-2016 was as follows:

The annual budget allocation for 2017 is €91,000 of which €525.00 has been spent to date.