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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 31 January 2007

Wednesday, 31 January 2007

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Question:

513 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in Donegal under the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006. [43850/06]

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Investments under the National Development Plan/ Community Support Framework (NDP/CSF) 2000-2006 are delivered through seven Operational Programmes which are directly managed and implemented by Government Departments, the Regional Assemblies and other agencies. Progress on the implementation of the NDP/CSF is subject to ongoing monitoring through the individual Operational Programme Monitoring Committees and the overarching NDP/CSF Monitoring Committee chaired by my Department.

Furthermore, according to EU Regulations, progress on the NDP/CSF must be monitored and reported on a regional basis, that is, for the Border, Midlands & Western and Southern & Eastern regions. My Department reviews and generally monitors implementation of the NDP/CSF on this basis from information submitted by the Operational Programme Monitoring Committees but does not monitor expenditure at county level.

However, the project implementing bodies do attribute spending at county level. The most recent county level information from the project implementing bodies for the period January 2000 to December 2002 represents approximately 80% of the spending. This information is set out in the following table and includes details in relation to Donegal.

In addition, the NDP/CSF information website (www.ndp.ie) provides information on certain projects categorised on a county basis and the Deputy may wish to refer to that website for information on projects in County Donegal.

Table 1. Spending on the National Development Plan in each County in the Border, Midlands and Western Region

County

Year

2000

2001

2002

€ (m)

€ (m)

€ (m)

Cavan

55.703

73.877

73.493

Donegal

166.613

210.157

228.618

Galway

246.346

294.246

333.498

Laois

112.685

51.365

77.915

Leitrim

33.142

50.220

54.087

Longford

33.706

50.403

55.173

Louth

149.204

123.076

114.138

Mayo

129.272

182.066

171.897

Monaghan

52.605

67.550

94.838

Offaly

44.099

42.380

78.724

Roscommon

61.325

50.472

61.320

Sligo

73.292

94.112

98.449

Westmeath

84.278

91.367

121.658

BMW*

54.811

59.056

35.800

Total

1,297.081

1,440.347

1,599.608

*This represents projects that the implementing bodies cannot attribute to a particular county such as rail track projects and FÁS training.

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