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Thursday, 8 March 2018
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Agriculture Scheme Data
Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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691. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who participated in the NPWS farm plan scheme in each of the years 2006 to 2017; and the funding allocated and expended on the programme in each year since the scheme was established. [11095/18]
Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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The details of the expenditure under the National Parks & Wildlife Service Farm Plan Scheme from 2006-2017 are provided below.Details of the budgetary allocation and number of contracts are not readily available for the years 2006 to 2009. The budgetary allocation is based on an estimate of take-up and delivery in the following calendar year, and so actual expenditure is subject to change as the year unfolds.
Year | Number of contracts | Budgetary allocation | Actual expenditure |
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2006 | €1.18m | ||
2007 | €1.73m | ||
2008 | €2.01m | ||
2009 | €2.44m | ||
2010 | 546 | €5.10m | €3.75m |
2011 | 667 | €5.38m | €4.4m |
2012 | 616 | €5.14m | €3.96m |
2013 | 415 | €4.44m | €3.45m |
2014 | 361 | €3.14m | €2.67m |
2015 | 176 | €1.74m | €1.3m |
2016 | 53 | €1.00m | €0.44m |
2017 | 45 | €0.56m | €0.41m |
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