Liam Aylward
Ceist:65 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Finance the total funding available in 1995 under the Community Initiative programmes; the source of such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4385/95]
Written Answers. - Community Initiative Programmes.
The EU Commission has given indicative allocations to Ireland under the Structural Funds Community initiatives 1994-99 of 383.7 mECU. I have set out the breakdown across the initiatives of the EU funding allocation in the form of a tabular statement which I will convey to the Deputy. An additional amount may be expected out of the nearly £900 million retained by the Commission as a reserve for allocation later during the period to 1999. Three of the programmes, EMPLOYMENT, PESCA and the Ireland/Northern Ireland INTERREG, have already been approved by the Commission; the others are in the final stages of negotiation and are expected to be approved shortly.
A global provision of £45.85 million has been included in the Estimates for the Department of Finance in respect of Exchequer expenditure under Community initiatives for 1995. The Department of Finance is in consultation with the various Departments involved in managing the initiatives and will transfer appropriate amounts to the relevant Votes when the programmes are finalised. Amounts of £13.7 million, £4 million and £150,000 have already been included on the Votes of the Departments of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, the Environment and the Marine respectively for Community initiatives for 1995.
Statement setting out the breakdown across the Community initiatives of EU funding allocated to Ireland.
|
Initiative |
mECU |
£m |
|
Ireland/Northern IrelandINTERREGProgramme |
89.5 |
72.0 |
|
Ireland/WalesINTERREGProgramme |
70.0 |
56.0 |
|
ADAPT |
21.2 |
17.0 |
|
EMPLOYMENT |
76.1 |
60.9 |
|
LEADER II |
67.0 |
53.6 |
|
PESCA |
6.7 |
5.4 |
|
RETEX |
9.3 |
7.4 |
|
SME |
28.4 |
22.7 |
|
URBAN |
15.5 |
12.4 |
|
383.7 |
307.4 |