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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 8 Oct 1996

Vol. 469 No. 5

Written Answers. - Funding in Border Counties.

Dermot Ahern

Ceist:

74 Mr. D. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the actual amounts and the percentage amounts of all funds under the aegis of his Department and of other State Departments which have been spent in the Border counties, including County Louth; if he will give the overall figure and percentage in respect of County Louth under each heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/96]

According to figures supplied by Departments to the Task Force on Funding Arrangements in the Border Region the total amount of money spent/allocated for the years 1994-95 in the Border region was as follows:

Agency/Department

Total Spent/Allocated 1994-95

£

Agriculture

88,782,000

Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht

16,864,000

Education

34,436,000

Enterprise and Employment

52,779,000

Environment

102,421,000

FÁS

90,910,000

Local Development

5,067,000

Marine

4,622,000

Tourism and Trade

10,690,000

Transport, Energy and Communications

31,750,000

INTERREG

7,470,000

Programme for Peace and Reconciliation

140,000

International Fund for Ireland

6,000,000

Total

451,931,000

The 1996 allocations are as follows:

Agency/Department

1996

£

Agriculture

60,012,000

Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht

8,600,000

Education

27,838,000

Enterprise and Employment

30,986,000

Environment

40,463,000

FÁS

52,000,000

Local Development

7,430,000

Marine

12,406,000

Tourism and Trade

8,630,000

Transport, Energy and Communications

25,100,000

INTERREG

17,928,000

Peace Initiative

29,800,000

International Fund for Ireland

7,800,000

Total

328,993,000

The task force did not compile figures for regions other than the Border region and figures are not available on a county basis.
However, based on figures supplied by lead Departments for operational programmes to the Department of Finance, the percentage of estimated CSF expenditure for the Border region is as follows: 1994, 13 per cent; 1995, 14 per cent; 1996, 14 per cent.
The task force report on funding arrangements in the Border region, which has been circulated to Members of the Oireachtas, was a once off exercise. Ongoing monitoring of CSF expenditure by region is a matter for the Minister for Finance.
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