AQW 37890/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 23/10/2014
Answered On Date: 04/11/2014
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to detail the number of rural enterprises in the agri-food sector in East Londonderry that her Department has supported through funding for capital investment projects in each of the last three years.

Answer:

Funding for capital investment has been awarded under Axis 1 and Axis 3 of the Rural Development Programme 2007-13 to 243 rural enterprises in the agri-food sector in East Londonderry in the past three years as detailed below:

2012

RDP Funding SchemeProjectsGrant Awarded

Manure Efficiency (Axis 1)5£49,900

Business Development &1£38,754

Growth (Axis 3)

Total6£88,654

2013

RDP Funding SchemeProjectsGrant Awarded

Farm Modernisation (Axis 1)224 £622,241

Total224£622,241

2014

RDP Funding SchemeProjectsGrant Awarded

Manure Efficiency (Axis 1) 7£70,000

Processing & Marketing (Axis 1) 5£673,484

Business Development & 1£30,000

Growth (Axis 3)

Total 13£773,484

Total 2012 - 2014: 243 projects were awarded funding for capital investment totalling £1,484,379