Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 3 Dec 1991

Vol. 413 No. 9

Written Answers. - EC Structural Funds.

Ruairí Quinn

Ceist:

99 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach if he will outline (a) the amount of moneys from the EC Structural Funds which have been spent under the aegis of his Department in (1) 1988, (2) 1989 and (3) 1990 and (b) the amount of matching funds which were spent by his Department for each year; if he will list the projects which were funded by such funds; if he will further outline the amount of funds which have been committed for 1991; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

The Taoiseach

The following schedule sets out the details requested by the Deputy.

(i)

Year	Amount of European Regional Development Fund spent	Matching funds spent by this Department
	£	£
1988	Nil	151,266
1989	183,136	78,444
1990	1,027,363	756,788*

* £600,000 paid to Siamsa Tíre by Roinn na Gaeltachta.

(ii)Projects funded are listed below:

Temple Bar Pilot Project;

Siamsa Tíre, Tralee;

Firkin Crane, Cork;

Douglas Hyde Interpretative Centre,

Roscommon;

National Museum, Dublin.

(iii) Under the Pilot Project approved for the Temple Bar area, £3.6 million of EC Structural Funds have been committed to date for special projects in the area in 1991 and 1992.

Roinn na Gaeltachta

Feagra

Seo a leanas an t-eolas atá á lorg i gcás Roinn na Gaeltachta:

Bliain	£
(a)1988	42,575
1989	3,500
1990	1,250
(b)1988	73,900
1989	4,096
1990	1,250

Níl aon airgead geallta do 1991.

Bhain caiteachas 1988 le muiroibreacha ag an mBun Beag, Contae Dhún na nGall agus caiteachas 1989 agus 1990 le háiseanna cois locha ag Loch Barra, Contae Dhún na nGall.

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Tuigim ón Údarás gur mar seo a leanas atá chomh fada is a bhaineann sé leis an eagraíocht sin:

Bliain	£m
(a)1988	1.4
1989	6.9
1990	7.1
1991 (measta)	9.6
(b)1988	0.8
1989	5.2
1990	4.2
1991 (measta)	4.2

Bhain formhór an chaiteachais i 1988 le Ciste Sóisialta na hEorpa. I gcás 1989 agus 1990 bhain an chuid is mó den chaiteachtas leis an gClár d'Fhorbairt Tionscail 1989-93 agus an fuílleach le cláracha éagsúla ar nós na gcláracha seo a leanas i.e., an Clár do Limistéir Cóngarach don Teorainn, An Clár Teicstíle agus GEOGA. Níl sonraí ar fáil faoi thograí ar leith.