asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate for each local authority the amount of moneys that have been received from 1983 to 1987 inclusive from the European Regional Fund for roads and other infra-structural services; if he will itemise for each section of infrastructural construction the exact amount of money that was received by each local authority; if he will express it as a percentage of the total cost of the construction of the relevant infra-structural item; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - EC Funds.
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Records are not kept in the format which would enable the information requested by the Deputy to be provided. To extract this information from existing records would take a very considerable amount of staff time.
Between 1983 and 1987 inclusive, a total of £275.3 million from the ERDF was committed in respect of roads and sanitary services projects in Ireland. Details of the breakdown of these commitments are:
|
Year |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
Total |
|
Roads (£m) |
20.8 |
29.7 |
30.0 |
47.8 |
50.0 |
178.3 |
|
Sanitary Services (£m) |
17.3 |
12.9 |
31.0 |
22.6 |
13.2 |
97.0 |
The normal rate of assistance applicable at present to ERDF-aided development is 50 per cent of eligible expenditure. However, in the case of development which is considered by the European Commission to be of particular importance, the rate of assistance may increase to 55 per cent.