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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2019

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

Questions (148)

Dara Calleary

Question:

148. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingencies being taken to secure PEACE IV funding beyond 2020 in the event a no-deal Brexit. [3084/19]

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Written answers

The Irish Government’s clear and consistent position has been that it is committed to the successful implementation of the current PEACE and INTERREG programmes and to a successor programme post-Brexit.  I am pleased, therefore, that the Government’s ambition for the programmes was reflected in the EU-UK Joint Report on Brexit in which both parties undertook to honour their commitments to the PEACE and INTERREG programmes under the current Multiannual Financial Framework and to examine the possibilities for future support favourably. 

As regards the current PEACE and INTERREG programmes, the draft Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the UK  provides that UK involvement in the current programmes will continue up to their normal completion.   

As regards a no-deal scenario, the Commission brought forward a proposal last month for a specific Regulation to enable the PEACE and INTERREG programmes to continue in such a situation.  This proposal, which I welcome, will give legal certainty to the programmes in the event of no-deal.

Turning to a future programme,  I am very pleased that when the Commission published its proposals for the next round of Cohesion policy last May it included a specific proposal for a special new PEACE PLUS programme to build on and continue the work of both PEACE and INTERREG.

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