asked the Minister for Finance if he will specify where the Regional Fund payments were allocated to Ireland in 1987 and 1988 categorised on an individual, county and sectoral basis; and the amounts allocated in each category.
Written Answers. - Regional Development Fund Payments.
57.
Details of commitments from the European Regional Development Fund for 1987, broken down on (i) a county by county basis and (ii) a sectoral basis are set out in the following schedules. In this regard it should be noted that ERDF aid is granted in the form of a commitment which is translated into a cash receipt according as the project progresses.
Further commitments of £38 million, £19 million and £194 million were received in 1987 in respect of multi-annual operations under the Star and Valoren Community Programmes and the National Programme of Community Interest — Roads Development, respectively. These resources are allocated on a national basis and records are not available on a county by county basis.
An additional £11 million commitments were received during 1987 in respect of multi-regional telecommunication development projects which cannot be broken down on a county by county basis.
Decisions on the vast majority of Ireland's 1988 applications for assistance from the European Regional Development Fund have yet to be announced by the European Commission.
Schedule (i)
Ireland's 1987 commitments from the European Regional Development Fund.
|
County |
Commitment |
|
£ |
|
|
Carlow |
1,215,583 |
|
Dublin |
13,328,950 |
|
Kildare |
1,941,796 |
|
Kilkenny |
225,215 |
|
Laois |
255,420 |
|
Louth |
2,976,343 |
|
Meath |
390,250 |
|
Offaly |
194,140 |
|
Westmeath |
572,661 |
|
Wexford |
1,062,355 |
|
Wicklow |
3,102,105 |
|
Clare |
1,871,980 |
|
Cork |
11,113,794 |
|
Kerry |
1,136,840 |
|
Limerick |
6,000,260 |
|
Tipperary |
2,285,649 |
|
Waterford |
529,390 |
|
Cavan |
463,239 |
|
Donegal |
3,225,480 |
|
Monaghan |
215,028 |
|
Galway |
4,622,820 |
|
Leitrim |
681,830 |
|
Mayo |
2,538,677 |
|
Roscommon |
1,626,735 |
|
Sligo |
1,156,620 |
Schedule (ii)
Sectoral breakdown of Ireland's commitments in 1987.
|
1987 |
|
|
£m |
|
|
Industrial Grants |
20.8 |
|
Telecommunications |
34.0 |
|
Roads |
50.0 |
|
Sanitary Services |
13.2 |
|
Education/Training Centres |
0.2 |
|
Airport Development |
1.3 |
|
Harbours |
2.4 |
|
Industrial Infrastructure |
3.9 |
|
Total |
125.8 |