Tony Killeen
Question:159 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he will give priority status to the Irish Deaf Society's Forum Project under the Horizon Programme. [14427/95]
Vol. 456 No. 6
159 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he will give priority status to the Irish Deaf Society's Forum Project under the Horizon Programme. [14427/95]
A total of 188 applications seeking over £48 million from the Horizon — disabled strand of the EMPLOYMENT Programme were received by my Department earlier this year. The total European Union funding available for the period up to the end of 1997 amounts to £7.61 million. In order to ensure that each application was comprehensively and fairly considered, my Department constituted a selection committee which included representatives of the Department of Health, Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities (2), Department of Social Welfare, National Rehabilitation Board, Department of Education, Support Structure for Horizon disabled (NRB), and Department of Enterprise and Employment: National Co-Ordinator.