asked the Minister for Finance in respect of each year from 1983 to 1988, if he will list the industrial projects which received funds under the ERDF Fund, broken down by (i) firm (ii) location (iii) type of industrial activity and (iv) sum.
Written Answers. - ERDF Fund Projects.
56.
To extract the information requested by the Deputy from existing statistical records for the ERDF would take a very substantial amount of staff time and would not be justified.
The amounts approved by the European Commission from 1983 to 1987 in respect of industrial projects were as follows:
|
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|
8.1 |
29.9 |
27.3 |
16.8 |
20.8 |
The bulk of 1988 applications for ERDF assistance for industrial projects have not yet been approved by the European Commission.