Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 30 Jan 2002

Vol. 547 No. 1

Written Answers. - National Development Plan.

Derek McDowell

Question:

421 Mr. McDowell asked the Minister for Finance the projects under the aegis of his Department included in the national development plan for which funding has been provided as part of the 2002 Abridged Estimates or announced in the Budget Statement; the level of funding provided; the nature of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1102/02]

Minister for Finance (Mr. McCreevy)

As Minister for Finance, my Department is directly responsible for the allocation and spending of funds under the technical assistance operational programme. In addition, provision is made in my Vote for two elements of the peace operational programme. The first covers a measure to encourage co-operation between public bodies North and South. The second element is technical assistance, which supports the implementation of the programme and is managed directly by the special EU programmes body. The Abridged Estimates provided 5 million in funding for these measures under the peace operational programme.

In the technical assistance operational programme, funding of 3.896 million has been provided in the 2002 Abridged Estimates in respect of the NDP-CSF technical assistance programme. The activities under this programme are the administration costs of the joint Community Support Framework of Ireland, 2000-2006, CSF, and the National Development Plan, 2000-2006, NDP, the development and operation of a computerised system for management and monitoring of CSF and NDP operations, evaluations under the CSF and NDP, information and publicity at NDP-CSF level, the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund financial control unit and certain costs in respect of the administrative arrangements for public private partnerships units.