Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 March 2004
149 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding managed by Area Management Development Limited in the past year; the number and nature of local development projects managed by Area Management Development Limited in 2003; the amount of money allocated to each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7688/04]
View answerIn addition to programmes managed on behalf of my Department, development management, ADM, also manages programmes for other Departments, including the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Department of Transport, and the Department of Education and Science. Responsibility for reporting on such programmes rests with the other Ministers involved.
As regards my own Department, ADM manages the local development social inclusion programme (LDSIP), RAPID programme and PEACE II programme. The total provided under the Revised Estimates in my Department's Vote for these programmes in 2003 was €53.43 million. Under the LDSIP, funding is allocated to partnerships, community groups and territorial employment pacts to support actions under three measures — services for the unemployed, community-based youth initiatives and community development. Under the RAPID programme, funding is provided to ADM to support local areas in the preparation and implementation of their RAPID plans.
The PEACE II programme aims to address the legacy of conflict and to take opportunities arising from peace through supporting projects on the following priorities — business competitiveness, new skills and new opportunities, promoting entrepreneurship, developing children and young people, accompanying infrastructure and equipment support and promoting joint approaches to social, education, training and human resource development. I am arranging to have details, provided to my Department by ADM, of payments in 2003 under these programmes forwarded directly to the Deputy.
