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€
|
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
|