asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money allocated originally under the EC Special Border Areas Fund; the amount applied for in each category and each year to date; and the amount paid in each category in each year.
Written Answers. - EC Fund Payments.
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I assume the Deputy is referring to the European Community allocation. The amount of money allocated by the European Regional Development Fund to the Special Border Areas Programme was 16m ECU (£11.5m), payable over five years.
As payments are not made in respect of individual categories but rather in respect of the programme as a whole, the Deputy will understand that the precise information on amounts applied for and paid in respect of each category does not exist.
However, I have had the following table drawn up showing the national expenditures reported to the Commission in each year for each of the categories and the appropriate amount of ERDF aid applicable to each category.
|
Category |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
1. Grants for tourist accomodation |
602,839¹301,419² |
828,708¹414,354² |
272,593¹136,296¹ |
|
2. Tourism Promotion |
108,120¹ 59,466² |
257,453¹ 141,599² |
135,017¹ 74,259² |
|
3. Provision of amenities and infrastruc- ture directly linked to the development of tourism |
1,117,809¹ 558,904² |
1,513,768¹ 756,884² |
2,878,573¹ 1,439,286² |
|
4. Improvement of access to tourist areas minor roads etc. |
455,996¹ 227,998² |
567,613¹ 283,806² |
464,136¹ 232,068² |
|
5. Development of transport activities |
197,906¹ 98,953² |
43,388¹ 21,694² |
87,026¹ 43,513² |
|
6. Grants for craft industries |
91,092¹ 45,546² |
93,010¹ 46,505² |
134,702¹ 67,351² |
|
7. Aids for small and medium-sized indu- stries |
250,000¹ 137,500² |
250,000¹ 137,500² |
200,000¹ 110,000² |
|
TOTAL |
2,823,762¹ 1,429,786² |
3,553,940¹ 1,802,342² |
4,172,047¹ 2,102,773² |
1 National Expenditure reported to the Commission
2 ERDF aid.