Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the €3,485,000 capital allocation in food safety, animal and plant health and animal welfare (details supplied) within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44502/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The €3,485,000 capital allocations for the food safety, animal and plant health and animal welfare for 2019 will fund projects in my Department particularly in relation to ensuring the Department continues to maintain a robust and responsive IT infrastructure to support and to assist DAFM in maintaining its certified ISO 27001 Information Security Standard. This allocation will also be used to provide maintenance works at the Departments laboratories.

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the €160,746,000 capital allocation in farm sector supports and controls (details supplied) within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44503/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The €160,746,000 capital allocations for the Farm Sector Supports and Controls for 2019 will fund projects in my Department particularly in relation to Targeted Agricultural Measures (TAMS) which is a measure under the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020, it will also fund the Forestry Programme which is targeted at various support schemes including covering the cost of establishing new forests and the cost of annual premiums.

This allocation will also provide assistance in the development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector by grant aiding capital investments in specialised buildings and equipment, as well as the provision of funding in the Organic Sector to support the development of the sector to respond to market demand for organically produced food.

More detailed information on the breakdown of this allocation will be available in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) which will be published later this year.

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the €34,055,000 capital allocation in policy and strategy (details supplied) within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44504/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The €34,055,000 capital allocations for the Policy and Strategy for 2019 will allow, in particular, funding of capital grants for food companies, to Teagasc and also the provision of funding for the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund which facilitates the sustained development and growth of the horse and greyhound industries. It will also include the Prepared Consumer Food Centre in Ashtown and the National Food Innovation Hub at Moorepark.

More detailed information on the breakdown of this allocation will be available in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) which will be published later this year.

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the €56,714,000 capital allocation in the seafood sector (details supplied) within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44505/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The €56,714,000 capital allocation for the seafood sector for 2019 will fund projects in my Department, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the Marine Institute and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and will include, inter alia, projects under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme. In general, it is not possible at this time to identify specific projects to be funded in 2019 by these financial allocations, as annual budgetary allocations are but the first step in various approval processes that will occur up to and over the course of 2019 within my Department, and between my Department and the agencies concerned. Details of allocations to each organisation will be available in the revised book of estimates which will be published later this year.