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268 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport the total number of projects in the south-west region for which Structural Fund applications have been made; the names of those projects; the total capital cost of these projects; the number which have been approved; the number rejected; and the number still under consideration.
EC funding for tourism and transport infrastructure will be determined by specific criteria and measures agreed with the European Commission and included in the operational programmes for tourism and for roads and other transport infrastructure.
In so far as tourism projects are concerned, I have already outlined in some detail the position regarding the implementation of the operational programme for tourism in relation to both public and private projects in my reply of 30 January 1990. As stated, day to day administration, including evaluation and selection of applications, is a matter for the administering agencies, i.e. Office of Public Works in relation to State expenditure and Bord Fáilte and SFADCo in relation to all other projects.
In so far as transport infrastructure is concerned, negotiations are still taking place with the European Commission on the operational programme for roads and other transport infrastructure. When these are finalised, the programme will be laid before the House and published.
