NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 2316
DATE OF PUBLICATION: FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2009 [IQP No 29 -2009]
FIRST SESSION, FOURTH PARLIAMENT
Question 2316 for Written Reply, National Assembly: P J C Pretorius (DA) to
ask the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:
(1) Whether the Agricultural Research Council is required by the State to
undertake any functions for which it does not receive funding; if so, (a)
what functions, (b) what total amounts are involved and (c) why are the
functions not funded;
(2) whether the necessary funds will be made available in future in order
to render the required services; if not, why not; if so, when will the
funds be made available? NW3027E
REPLY:
(1)(a) The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) does not have
projects/functions that are required by the State which are not
funded, however it has projects/functions that are under-funded.
(b) The under-funded projects/functions may be summarised as follows:
|Project |Execution cost|Allocation |Shortfall |
| |R |R |R |
|Animal Improvement Schemes|29 608 562 |3 000 000 |26 608 562 |
|National Assets |99 037 347 |53 326 000 |45 711 347 |
| | | | |
|TOTAL |128 645 909 |56 326 000 |72 319 909 |
(c) The Agricultural Research Council is, like any other Government
institution, subjected to the availability of financial resources in
the Exchequer. The ARC must address their under-funding like any
State Government entity, by requesting additional funds in the MTEF.
(2) The under-funding of the ARC will be addressed in the MTEF by the
submission of a request to the National Treasury for additional
funding.