AQW 37890/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
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.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 23 October 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 23 October 2014
- Answer due by
- 7 November 2014
- Answered
- 4 November 201412 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
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