Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 30 Jun 1998

Vol. 493 No. 3

Written Answers. - Economic and Monetary Union.

Jack Wall

Question:

18 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of expenditure by her Department to ensure that preparations for the introduction of the euro in January 1999 throughout Irish commerce is sufficiently advanced to permit a smooth transmission in view of the disturbing information in the latest Forfás EMU business awareness campaign that small and medium enterprises are less well prepared for EMU than larger firms. [15927/98]

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Ms Harney)

Expenditure on the EMU business awareness campaign, which Forfás manages on behalf of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Finance, amounted to £367,000 in 1997, the first year of the campaign. The budget allocated by Forfás for the campaign in 1998 is £474,000. The campaign is part-funded by the European Union.