Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 13 Oct 1998

Vol. 495 No. 1

Written Answers. - EU Funding.

Brian O'Shea

Ceist:

231 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Finance the amount of Structural Funds and other European funds spent in each of the country's regions in each of the years from 1990 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19373/98]

Minister for Finance (Mr. McCreevy)

My Department has overall responsibility for the Structural and Cohesion Funds. On the basis of information available to my Department from lead Departments for the Operational Programmes, estimates of Structural Fund expenditure under CSF 1989-93, CSF 1994-99 and Community Initiatives in the regions are as follows:

CSF 1989-93 including Community Initiatives (seven regions)

	Dublin	South-East	South-West	Mid-West	West	North-West	Midlands East	Total
	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
1990	135.7	55.46	75.15	59.7	69.16	61.34	76.3	532.81
1991	150.09	61.95	93.31	79.05	86.87	77.81	102.26	651.34
1992	158.32	73.98	108.36	83.36	100.35	89.09	136.16	749.61
1993	147.55	64.15	109.71	79.68	93.2	144.08	141.42	779.79

CSF 1994-1999 including Community Initiatives (eight regions)

	Dublin	South-East	South-West	Mid-West	West	Border	Mid-East	Midlands	Total
	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
1994	129.19	45.51	67.94	45.38	57.73	62.4	38.35	28.28	474.78
1995	154.83	60.97	105.43	60.51	86.26	98.28	50.79	42.3	659.37
1996	200.77	80.25	118.31	73.83	94.69	148.02	51.96	50.78	818.61
1997	205.99	86.45	124.41	82.81	95.45	161.53	47.99	56.08	860.71
1998	221.48	88.73	121.76	87.96	93.38	114.14	51.55	59.42	838.42

The data for 1996, 1997 and 1998 is based on forecasts supplied by the lead Departments to my Department and is subject to review.

The Cohesion Fund is not allocated on a sub-regional basis. However, Cohesion Fund receipts on a national basis from the establishment of the fund in 1993 to date are: 1993, £41.6 million; 1994, £68.3 million; 1995, £101.8 million; 1996, £137.1 million; 1997, £162.7 million; 1998 (to end September), £56.2 milllion.