Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 15 Jun 1993

Vol. 432 No. 3

Written Answers. - County Enterprise Board.

Pádraic McCormack

Question:

111 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the status of the county enterprise board already appointed for Galway city and county; if this board will continue to function; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for Enterprise and Employment (Mr. Quinn)

I have made arrangements to ensure that the Galway County and City Enterprise Partnership Board, which was established in October 1993, will continue in operation until November 1993, when separate boards will be established for Galway City and Galway County as part of the nationwide system of County Enterprise Boards.

Earlier this year, I arranged that, pending the confirmation of new procedures for the County Enterprise Boards, the Galway County Development Team should operate as a grants sub-committee for the Galway County and City Enterprise Board for the purposes of the Western Development Fund and the Operational Programme for Rural Development.

I also arranged for additional resources to be made available to the Galway Board over and above the funding which would otherwise have been available through the Western Development Fund in 1993, to enable the new board to support grant applications, subject to the qualification criteria which operate under the Western Development Fund.