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Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Health and Safety Authority Expenditure

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives, campaigns and projects in County Donegal in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47799/18]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) does not have a breakdown of the annual spend on farm safety initiatives, campaigns and projects on a county by county basis. The HSA carries out a range of countrywide farm safety initiatives, campaigns and projects each year which include; attending and exhibiting at farm shows (e.g. Tullamore Show, National Ploughing Championship), running television and radio advertisements, carrying out inspections and focused safety inspection campaigns.

The figures set out in the following table detail the overall national spend by the HSA on farm safety initiatives from 2011 to 2017;

Year Expenditure *
2011 €264,481
2012 €589,870
2013 €449,669
2014 €327,953
2015 €396,251
2016 €416,917
2017 €533,995
2018 (estimated)€624,000

*Note: Annual figures for expenditure include some cross sectoral initiatives where the expenditure is also relevant to other sectors. As it is not possible to extract this it has been included as the full figure.

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