Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 11 Nov 2003

Vol. 574 No. 1

Written Answers. - Departmental Programmes.

Paudge Connolly

Ceist:

352 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of funding allocated to each county in the BMW region by his Department under the various operational programmes since the establishment of the BMW regional assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26150/03]

Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism (Mr. O'Donoghue):

The funding allocated to the BMW region under the operational programmes relevant to my Department since the establishment of the BMW Assembly is set out as follows. The data are given on a county basis where they are available, otherwise the global allocation is shown.

Under Sub-Programme 1: Local Infrastructure, Measure 8: Culture, Recreation and Sport, €532,414 has been allocated to County Mayo in respect of Turlough Park House and €35,553 to County. Galway in respect of Letterfrack Conservation Centre.

Arts funding under various operational programmes has been allocated as follows:

BMW	ACCESS funding through NDP Operational Programme	Film – Productive Sector Operational Programme	Film – Employment HR Operational Programme	Total
	€	€	€	€
Donegal	2,610,000	24,910	–	2,634,910
Leitrim	3,170,000	131,153	–	3,301,153
Louth	2,540,000	–	–	2,540,000
Sligo	2,920,000	111,482	–	3,031,482
Galway	–	2,473,125	451,158.00	2,924,283
Mayo	–	6,000	–	6,000
Cavan	–	1,500	–	1,500
Monaghan	–	–	62,787.00	62,787
Total	11,240,000	2,748,170	513,945.00	14,502,115

A sum of €18,582,280 has been provided under the Tourism Marketing Fund of the Productive Sector Operational Programme Marketing Measure in 2002 and 2003 but due to the nature of the expenditure it is not possible to disaggregate it on a county basis.

With regard to the allocation under the tourism product development for the BMW for which Fáilte Ireland is responsible, the detailed evaluation process is now fully under way and it is expected that grant awards will be made in the coming months. As the amount to be allocated to the region will depend on the quality of the projects it is too early to provide a county analysis of fund allocations at this time. Under the employment and human resources operational programme, amounts allocated by county and expen1diture to June 2003 are as follows:

	Total Costs2000€	Total Costs2001€	Total Costs2002€	Total Costs2003€	Total€
BMW
Cavan	110,274	117,556	24,067	59,821	311,718
Donegal	2,118,433	2,105,013	1,761,866	690,855	6,676,167
Galway	2,949,890	2,342,042	2,173,336	1,416,250	8,881,518
Laois	97,612	307,825	41,130	41,915	488,482
Leitrim	0	48,424	0	26,360	74,784
Longford	224,504	156,376	19,419	23,039	423,338
Louth	658,536	634,719	845,277	404,658	2,543,190
Mayo	248,949	197,515	353,771	204,436	1,004,671
Monaghan	74,331	53,387	124,049	80,848	332,615
Offaly	83,910	17,759	64,540	3,519	169,728
Roscommon	0	66,175	29,930	42,227	138,332
Sligo	147,011	432,771	171,128	122,795	873,705
Westmeath	1,173,615	1,130,002	1,119,885	436,645	3,860,147
Total	7,887,065	7,609,564	6,728,398	3,553,368	25,778,395

There has been no allocation to date for the recreational and sports facilities sub-measure of the BMW or southern and eastern regional operational programmes, local infrastructure sub-programme.

I have no statutory role in relation to the allocation of funds to specific projects or schemes under these operational programmes or in relation to the level of funding allocated on a county basis in either the BMW region or the southern and eastern region.