Written answers
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Rural Development Programme Funding
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 RDP for schemes (details supplied) in tabular form; the annual amount expended on these schemes in each year since established; the number of active participants in the schemes; and the number of applicants that have withdrawn from same. [14842/18]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables:
Table 1 – Voted Allocations for Schemes 2014-2018, Expenditure 2014-2017
| - | Knowledge Transfer Scheme | GLAS | Beef Data and Genomics Programme | TAMS II | Sheep Welfare Scheme | Hen Harrier Programme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allocation 2015 | 0 | 20,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Expenditure 2015 | 0 | 11,452,500 | 34,692,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allocation 2016 | 0 | 139,500,000 | 52,000,000 | 28,000,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Expenditure 2016 | 0 | 102,615,247 | 61,800,000 | 3,971,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Allocation 2017 | 22,821,000 | 228,500,000 | 49,000,000 | 49,832,000 | 17,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Expenditure 2017 | 13,784,000 | 195,583,187 | 47,137,000 | 31,256,000 | 15,851,000 | 717,000 |
| Allocation 2018 | 23,000,000 | 203,000,000 | 49,500,000 | 69,943,000 | 20,000,000 | 3,500,000 |
The above are the total allocations and expenditure for the schemes. In a few cases, small parts of the allocation and expenditure for schemes are not co-funded.
Table 2 – No. of participants and withdrawals
| - | Knowledge Transfer Scheme | GLAS | Beef Data and Genomics Programme | TAMS II | Sheep Welfare Scheme | Hen Harrier Programme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of active participants | 19,100 | 49,404 | 24,788 | 12,849 | 20,845 | 366 |
| Number of applicants that have withdrawn | 260 | 2,193 | 5,909 | 300 | 340 | 0 |
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