Vol. 467 No. 7
428 Mr. B. Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the total funding available to his Department under the INTERREG II Programme; the projects assisted to date; the level of expenditure per project; the projects that will be assisted for the remainder of the programme; the level of funding per project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14369/96]
Under INTERREG II, a total investment programme of £30 million is proposed in the development of telecommunications, electricity and public transport.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
|
Location |
Description of Project |
EU Aid |
Total Cost |
Implementation |
Expenditure to date |
|
£million |
£million |
£million |
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Public Transport |
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|
Dundalk |
Enhance and enlarge bus station and development of travel centre |
0.175 |
0.35 |
Feb-Aug 1997 |
Nil |
|
Letterkenny |
New passenger waiting area at bus station |
0.085 |
0.17 |
Sept-Dec 1996 |
Nil |
|
Drogheda |
Improve passenger facilities at bus station and provide a travel centre |
0.135 |
0.27 |
Feb-Aug 1997 |
Nil |
|
Cavan |
Improved passenger facilities at bus station including toilets for mobility impaired persons |
0.075 |
0.15 |
Sept-Dec 1996 |
Nil |
|
Development of Telecommunications |
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|
Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth and Monaghan |
Exchange replacement and upgrading |
3.2 |
6.4 |
1996-99 |
Nil |
|
Cavan, Donegal, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo |
Fibre optic cables with transmission systems |
4.8 |
9.6 |
1996-99 |
Nil |
|
Upgrading Electricity Network |
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|
Buncrana, County Donegal |
Provision of Kv substation |
1.8 |
3.6 |
1996-99 |
Nil |
|
Dundalk, County Louth |
Additional Transformer |
0.85 |
1.7 |
1997-99 |
Nil |
|
Lisdrum, County Monaghan |
Additional Transformer |
0.6 |
1.2 |
1995-96 |
0.794 |
|
Louth-Tandragee |
Upgrading of metering and protection of interconnector |
0.15 |
0.3 |
1996-99 |
Nil |
|
Provision of new interconnector |
2.63 |
5.26 |
1996-99 |
Nil |
|
|
Promotion of Energy Efficiency |
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|
Border areas |
“Energy Challenge” Scheme |
0.5 |
1 |
1995-99 |
0.01 |
|
Overall Total |
15 |
30 |
