Written answers
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Departmental Schemes
Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the expenditure on the Food Dudes programme since it commenced in 2009, broken down annually in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20069/23]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The expenditure requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Ireland receives an annual allocation of funds from the EU through the EU School Scheme for school fruit, vegetables, which is supported by National Exchequer funds for the Food Dudes programme, as made available.
School Year | EU Contribution € | National Contribution € | Total € |
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2009 – 2010 | 475,423 | 2,049,354 | 2,524,777 |
2010 – 2011 | 503,652 | 2,042,981 | 2,546,632 |
2011 – 2012 | 510,666 | 2,263,878 | 2,774,544 |
2012 – 2013 | 430,388 | 1,757,843 | 2,188,231 |
2013 – 2014 | 371,301 | 1,497,757 | 1,869,058 |
2014 – 2015 | 861,911 | 1,934,239 | 2,796,149 |
2015 – 2016 | 1,171,014 | 1,671,974 | 2,842,988 |
2016 – 2017 | 1,306,687 | 1,836,939 | 3,143,626 |
2017 – 2018 | 2,124,831 | 1,857,000 | 3,981,831 |
2018 – 2019 | 1,849,760 | 1,857,000 | 3,706,760 |
2019 – 2020 | 2,266,887 | 2,000,000 | 4,266,887 |
2020 – 2021 | 1,757,779 | 2,000,000 | 3,757,779 |
2021 – 2022 | 1,821,202 | 2,500,000 | 4,321,202 |
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