Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2012
360. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of the Environment in the North. [54150/12]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that the Geological Survey of Ireland is a project partner in Tellus Border, a geo-environmental mapping project of six counties in the border region of Ireland. This cross-border initiative between the Geological Surveys of Ireland and Northern Ireland will produce detailed geo-environmental data of the border region and join these with data in Northern Ireland to produce the first seamless cross-border maps. The project is funded to the value of £4.1m (c. €5m) by the EU INTERREG IVA programme, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland.
