Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of approved applicants to the knowledge transfer group scheme in the beef, sheep, dairy, tillage, equine and poultry sectors in tabular form; the number of approved applicants that subsequently withdrew from the scheme; the targeted number of groups formed; the number of groups finalised to date; the number of payments that have issued to each approved applicant in every sector in each year of the knowledge transfer group scheme in this RDP to date; the number of payments that have not issued to each approved applicant in each sector in each year of scheme; the budget allocation for the KTG scheme under the 2014-2020 RDP; the amount of moneys expended to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41594/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and is currently being retrieved. As soon as this process is completed, the information will be provided to the Deputy.

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the knowledge transfer group scheme will be continued after year three of the current programme concludes; and if his officials examined using unused funds previously allocated to the scheme to finance the continuation of the programme in 2020 and beyond. [41595/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Knowledge Transfer (KT) Programme, which was funded under the Rural Development Programme(RDP) 2014 -2020, concluded in August 2019, as provided in the Rural Development Programme. Budget 2020 provides for residual payments under this programme. I am fully committed to the future of the Knowledge Transfer Programme however, and will be working in 2020 towards the development of a new programme in due course, within the confines of available resources.

Negotiations in relation to the post-2020 CAP regulations are on-going and these will form the basis for the next iteration of CAP schemes when they are finalised.  It is envisaged that knowledge transfer measures will form a key part of the next CAP.

At present, the Department is seeking submissions from stakeholders in relation to the SWOT analysis which will underpin the range of measures to be included in the next CAP.