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Vote 30: Agriculture spending, down to the subhead.
An original 2026 breakdown of all four Agriculture Vote programme totals and 34 identifiable expenditure subheads across programmes A, B and C. The numbers below reconcile with the official Revised Estimates, rather than adding overlapping Budget announcements.
2026 Revised Estimate and 2025 Supplementary Estimate. Planned budgets, not audited final outturns. Published source: Oireachtas, 25 February 2026.
01 / THE FOUR OFFICIAL PROGRAMMES
Four programmes. One reconciled total.
Each amount is a 2026 gross programme allocation (before Appropriations-in-Aid). The figures below are mutually exclusive programme totals.
02 / PROGRAMME A
Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health and Animal Welfare
2025 supplementary estimate: €495.695m. 2026 revised estimate: €513.929m. Change: €+18.234m.
| Subhead | 2025 supplementary | 2026 revised | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.1 Administration — Pay | €157.074m | €166.419m | €+9.345m |
| A.2 Administration — Non-Pay | €83.717m | €71.521m | €-12.196m |
| A.3 Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health and Animal Welfare | €97.870m | €95.007m | €-2.863m |
| A.4 Bovine TB and Brucellosis Eradication | €136.500m | €158.349m | €+21.849m |
| A.5 Laboratories | €20.534m | €22.633m | €+2.099m |
| Programme A total | €495.695m | €513.929m | €+18.234m |
03 / PROGRAMME B
Farm and Sector Supports and Controls
2025 supplementary estimate: €1132.652m. 2026 revised estimate: €1,152.675m. Change: €+20.023m.
04 / PROGRAMME C
Policy and Strategy
2025 supplementary estimate: €436.004m. 2026 revised estimate: €470.272m. Change: €+34.268m.
| Subhead | 2025 supplementary | 2026 revised | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.1 Administration — Pay | €21.904m | €23.207m | €+1.303m |
| C.2 Administration — Non-Pay | €7.659m | €9.742m | €+2.083m |
| C.3 Research, Quality and Certification | €39.895m | €28.910m | €-10.985m |
| C.4 Development and Promotion of Agriculture and Food — Non-Farm | €11.727m | €6.837m | €-4.890m |
| C.5 Teagasc Grant | €175.437m | €175.622m | €+0.185m |
| C.6 Bord Bia Grant | €59.048m | €60.280m | €+1.232m |
| C.7 Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund | €99.103m | €99.103m | €+0.000m |
| C.8 CEDRA Rural Innovation and Development Fund | €1.760m | €2.000m | €+0.240m |
| C.9 Food Aid Donations — World Food Programme | €0.000m | €35.000m | €+35.000m |
| C.10 SBCI Loan Scheme | €0.300m | €6.400m | €+6.100m |
| C.11 Other Services | €12.044m | €14.243m | €+2.199m |
| C.12 Other Equine Supports | €5.200m | €5.729m | €+0.529m |
| C.13 Agri-Food Regulator | €1.927m | €3.199m | €+1.272m |
| Programme C total | €436.004m | €470.272m | €+34.268m |
05 / PROGRAMME D
Seafood Sector
2025 supplementary estimate: €173.570m. 2026 revised estimate: €180.090m. Change: €+6.520m.
Programme total, not an invented breakdown
The committee source supplies a Programme D gross total but does not provide its underlying subhead table in this extract. We publish only the programme-level amount until a compatible official detail table is verified.
06 / WHY THE NUMBERS RECONCILE
Gross allocations minus receipts equals the net Vote.
The agriculture department's Vote is not simply the sum of Government support payments. Its gross programmes are partly financed by Appropriations-in-Aid, which reduce the supply requested from the Exchequer.
| Measure (€m) | 2025 supplementary | 2026 revised |
|---|---|---|
| Programmes A + B + C + D | €2237.921m | €2316.966m |
| Less: Appropriations-in-Aid | −€406.516m | −€499.131m |
| Net Exchequer supply grant | €1831.405m | €1817.835m |
Net 2026 supply matches the adopted Dáil Vote 30 figure in the Vote explorer. Gross programme values are not the same as grants drawn from the Exchequer.
07 / SOURCE AND LIMITATIONS
A traceable accounting hierarchy.
This is an original Compound visualisation of official Oireachtas tables. Source documents remain available for verification, not as a replacement for the local charts and pages.
Financial definitions
2025 is the Supplementary Estimate; 2026 is the Revised Estimate. The comparison is not a measure of final spending or service outcomes.
Coverage
Programme D has a published total but its subheads are not present in the selected committee tables. We have not fabricated values or redistributed its total.
Correct aggregation
Programmes A to D sum to gross; Appropriations-in-Aid reduce gross to the net grant. Parent totals must not be added to their child subheads again.