Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2017
285. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the EU funds his department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will outline initiatives he is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8805/17]
View answerMy Department currently accesses European Union funding from the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and Horizon 2020. There are plans to seek funding from the Connecting Europe Facility funding instrument and to seek additional funding from the European Social Fund under the Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020 and from Horizon 2020.
Negotiations in relation to the next funding period will commence in 2018 and these will be informed, inter alia, by the circumstances arising out of Brexit.
