Written answers
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Veterinary Inspection Service Expenditure
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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1229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual cost to the State of maintaining each regional veterinary laboratory for the period 2014 to 2016; and the amount allocated for the regional veterinary laboratory network in 2017. [36689/17]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The operational costs of Regional Veterinary Laboratories 2014 -2016 and projected costs for 2017 are as follows:
| Projected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RVLs | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017^ |
| €m | €m | €m | €m | |
| Spend on consumables* | 0.990 | 1.001 | 1.237 | 1.159 |
| Energy costs | 0.158 | 0.138 | 0.142 | 0.148 |
| Landscaping | 0.00979 | 0.01007 | 0.00987 | 0.00913 |
| Payroll costs** | 3.215 | 3.275 | 3.484 | 3.490 |
| Total | 4.372 | 4.424 | 4.872 | 4.8062 |
** This figure includes ancillary costs of employment such as employers' PRSI and overtime payments.
^ No specific budget allocation is made for RVLs as they are funded from the general DAFM Laboratories budgets. Therefore all 2017 figures are estimated based on previous years' spend.
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