Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 28 Jan 1998

Vol. 486 No. 1

Written Answers. - Operational Programmes.

John Bruton

Question:

330 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the full membership of each of the operational programme monitoring committees; and if she will provide a schedule of all the meetings of such committees that have occurred so far and that are planned under the present arrangement for EU Structural Fund expenditure in Ireland. [1274/98]

Minister for Public Enterprise (Mrs. O'Rourke):

Details of the membership of the Monitoring Committee of the Operational Programme for Economic Infrastructure 1994-99 are as follows:

Name	Organisation
T. Reeves, Assistant Secretary, Chairman of the Monitoring Committee	Department of Public Enterprise
T. Ferris, A. Cullen,E. Molloy, F.O'Brien, J. Brown,P. O'Neill,L. Duggan (Secretary)	As above
J. Higgins, T. Ryan,D. Bergin	Department of Finance
D. Hegarty	CSF Evaluation Unit
J. Buckley	European Commission
P. Brabazon	Irish Energy Centre
D. Clarke	Bord na Móna
C. Morrissey	Electricity Supply Board
P. Galvin	Telecom Éireann
E. Ryan	An Post
T. McCabe	Irish Business & Employers Confederation
C. Scanlan	Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Councillor H. Gough	Assembly of Irish Regional Authorities

Meetings of the monitoring committee to date have been held generally during the spring and autumn of each year. The schedule of meetings of the monitoring committee to date is as follows:—

Year	Date of Meeting
1994	15 December
1995	3 April and 15 September
1996	29 March and 26 September
1997	16 January, * 20 March and 29 September

*Specially convened meeting to discuss mid-term review of the Operational Programme.

The next meeting of the monitoring committee will occur on 30 March 1998.