Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019
1015. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funds allocated here over the 2014 to 2020 period and expended in each year to date in tabular form by Exchequer and EU funding to the PEACE IV 2014-2020 Programme for Peace and Reconciliation. [54290/18]
View answerPEACE IV is an EU funded cross-border programme which supports peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland, promoting social and economic stability particularly through actions promoting cohesion between communities. It is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), one of the North-South Bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement. My Department is an Accountable Department for PEACE IV and provides funding under three of the four programme measures, namely Shared Spaces and Services, Building Positive Relations, and Children and Young People.
The total funding allocated to date under these measures is approx. €179m, with c.€38m and €141m allocated to applicants based in Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively. While certain applicants may be based in one or other jurisdiction, they may be supported by the PEACE programme to deliver services on a cross-border basis. Accordingly, funding approved for applicants in Northern Ireland may support services delivered in the border counties of Ireland and visa versa. It is not possible to disaggregate these allocations on a 'jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction' basis.
The PEACE IV programme was approved by the European Commission in November 2015. Expenditure commenced in 2017 and will continue until 2023. The total funding disbursed by the SEUPB to applicants in the border counties to date and the indicative annual allocation from 2019 to 2023 are set out in the table below.
Up to 85% will be reimbursed by the EU over the lifetime of the programme.
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Spend2017 |
Spend2018 |
Indicative Allocation2019 |
Indicative Allocation2020 |
Indicative Allocation2021 |
Indicative Allocation2022 |
Indicative Allocation 2023 |
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€0.17m |
€1.2m |
€6.76m |
€10.21m |
€10.59m |
€6.32m |
€3.15m |
