Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 28 Feb 1995

Vol. 449 No. 7

Written Answers. - INTERREG Funding.

Pat the Cope Gallagher

Ceist:

30 Mr. P. Gallager (Donegal South West) asked the Minister for Finance when private, public and voluntary groups can apply for funding under the INTERREG II Cross-Border Initiative; to whom the applications are to be sent; when the deadline dates to secure funding under this initiative are due to expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3834/95]

Minister for Finance (Mr. Quinn)

Commission approval of the joint Ireland/Northern Ireland programme under the second INTERREG structural funds Community initiative was announced yesterday. The programme includes a wide range of measures covering infrastructure, environmental protection, economic development, tourism, community development, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and human resources.

Project promoters will be invited shortly to submit their proposals under the programme. The details of this call for proposals have yet to be finalised but it will be widely publicised.

The Department of Finance in Dublin and the Department of Finance and Personnel in Belfast will have overall responsibility for the management of the programme. Details of where project applications should be sent will be included in the call for project proposals.

The programme will run until the end of 1999. Projects can be submitted at any time throughout the programme so there will be no deadline for applications as such. However, the total resources available under the programme, while substantial, are limited so early applications will be encouraged.