Written answers

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

National Development Plan

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific projects which will receive the €7 million in extra capital expenditure in 2019 as outlined in Annex 1 of the National Development Plan 2018-2027; the amount each project will receive of this €7 million in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31267/18]

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific projects which will receive the €255 million in capital funding allocated to his Department in 2019; the amount each project will receive of the €255 million in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31282/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 438 and 439 together.

The distribution of the allocations for each of the years will only be confirmed as part of the annual Estimates process which is underway. The funding will be allocated for capital programmes and schemes already in operation, as well as for emerging challenges including those arising from Brexit.

The programmes funded will include the following:

- Forestry Programme

- Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme under the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme

- European Maritime & Fisheries Fund Operational Programme 2014-2020

- Investment support for food sector companies , the organic sector and commercial Horticulture

- Investment support for  facilities for the Horse and Greyhound Racing  industries

In 2021 and 2022 funding will be allocated to the capital schemes envisaged to be operated under the successors to the existing  2014-2020 EU co-funded programmes (RDP and EMFF) and the post 2020 Forestry programme. 

In addition to the above multi-project  programmes, which support investment by operators across the Agriculture, Food and the Marine sectors, funding will be allocated each year for my Department’s ICT equipment and infrastructure, and Laboratory infrastructure and equipment, for the development of Fisheries Harbours, facilities maintenance and development for Teagasc, Marine Institute, SFPA and BIM, as well as for specific projects with a more limited expenditure timescale.

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