Dáil Éireann - Volume 623 - 06 July, 2006 - Written Answers.


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Dáil Éireann - Volume 623 - 06 July, 2006

Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies.

Mr. Boyle Mr. Boyle

Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under his Department. [27790/06]

Mary Coughlan Mary Coughlan

Mary Coughlan: Budgetary allocations were made through my Department’s Revised Estimates for 2006 for the following public bodies:

Organisation	Expenditure Details	2006 Estimate Total Amount
		€000
Teagasc	Grant-in-Aid for General Expenses — training courses under the National Development Programme 2000/06	134,028
An Bord Bia	Grant-in-Aid for General Expenses	22,403
Council for Forest Research and Development (COFORD)	To support research and development administered by COFORD	3,800
Irish Horse Board	Development and promotion of the Non-Thorough Bred horse industry, operation of the Irish Horse Register and administration	836

Allocations were also made for the following:

Organisation	Expenditure Details 2006	Estimate Total Amount
		€000
Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF)	Grant Assistance for ICBF cattle breed improvement activities	888
The Dairy Research Trust (Established by ICOS, IFA and ICMSA)	To part-fund research projects for improving competitiveness at both producer and processor level in the dairy sector	440

There was also a total allocation of €20 million provided for Research and Development grants for third level institutions and Teagasc under the Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) (NDP 2000/06) (€14 million) and the Research Stimulus Fund (€6 million).

Mr. Boyle Mr. Boyle

1697

[1697] Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of her Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons’ fees of State bodies recently sanctioned by the Government. [27804/06]

Mary Coughlan Mary Coughlan

Mary Coughlan: There are five non-executive chairpersons of State bodies under the remit of my Department affected by the increase.

Dáil Éireann 623 Written Answers. Departmental Bodies.

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