Written answers
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Rural Development Programme Data
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 for schemes (details supplied); the annual amount expended on the listed schemes in each year since established up to 31 December 2019; the number of active participants in each scheme; and the number of approved applicants that subsequently withdrew from each scheme, in tabular form. [3900/20]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows:
Table 1 – Allocations and Expenditure under certain RDP Schemes
| Knowledge Transfer Scheme €000 | GLAS €000 | Beef Data and Genomics Programme €000 | TAMS II €000 | Sheep Welfare Scheme €000 | Hen Harrier Programme €000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allocation 2015 | 0 | 20,000 | 35,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Expenditure 2015 | 0 | 11,453 | 34,692 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allocation 2016 | 0 | 139,500 | 52,000 | 28,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Expenditure 2016 | 0 | 102,615 | 61,800 | 3,971 | 0 | 0 |
| Allocation 2017 | 22,821 | 228,500 | 49,000 | 49,832 | 17,000 | 2,940 |
| Expenditure 2017 | 13,784 | 195,583 | 47,137 | 31,256 | 15,851 | 717,000 |
| Allocation 2018 | 23,000 | 226,000 | 49,500 | 69,943 | 20,000 | 3,500 |
| Expenditure 2018 | 21,665 | 231,978 | 47,451 | 66,751 | 17,650 | 1,154 |
| Allocation 2019 | 25,000 | 203,000 | 46,500 | 70,000 | 18,000 | 3,115 |
| Provisional Expenditure 2019 | 22,167 | 213,799 | 43,403 | 76,519 | 17,382 | 3,523 |
None of the schemes in question were operational in 2014. As a result, there was neither a budget allocation nor expenditure for the schemes in question during that year.
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 | 18,204 | 48,619 | 24,010 | 11,694 | 18,502 | 1,524 |
| Number of applicants that have withdrawn | 1,498 | 2,526 | 7,789* | 838 | 1,507 | 1 |
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