Michael Ring
Ceist:384 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the funding which will be available under the tourism national plan; and the qualifying criteria for same. [6733/02]
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384 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the funding which will be available under the tourism national plan; and the qualifying criteria for same. [6733/02]
385 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the funding which is available for tourism, co-funded by the EU; when a funding scheme will be announced; the rates of grant which will be made available for the private sector and the public sector; and the number of grants which are co-funded from the EU for tourism projects. [6734/02]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 384 and 385 together.
With regard to the reference to "the tourism national plan", I assume the Deputy is referring to the recently launched tourism product development scheme which is funded under the National Development Plan under the Tourism Measure of the Regional Operational Programmes. Within the tourism measure there are five specific sub-measures to aid tourism development as follows:
Sub-measure 1 |
Development of Major Attractors (and clusters of existing attractors) |
Sub-measure 2 |
Special Interest pursuits |
Sub-measure 3 |
Tourism/Environment Management |
Sub-measure 4 |
Tourism and Recreation Angling |
Sub-measure 5 |
Marine Tourism |
S&E Region |
2002 |
2003 |
2004-06 |
|
South East |
31 |
26 |
20 |
plus 10% gross for SMEs |
Mid-West |
31 |
26 |
20 |
|
South-West |
31 |
26 |
20 |
|
Mid-East |
29 |
23 |
18 |
|
Dublin |
17.5 |
17.5 |
17.5 |
|
BMW Region |
||||
Border Midland and West |
40 |
40 |
40 |
plus 15% gross for SMEs |