No monies made available to the Irish authorities by the EU budgetary authority to co-finance measures under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in support of workers made redundant at Dell, Waterford Crystal, SR Technics and ancillary enterprises have to date been returned to the EU. These programmes have not yet been closed by the European Commission. However, on foot of the submission by the Department of final reports and accompanying statements of expenditure for these programmes, the Commission has informed the Department of its initial calculations for reimbursements of funding as follows:
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€
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Dell EGF programme
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5,978,311.30
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Waterford Crystal EGF programme
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562,591.50
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SR Technics EGF programme
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4,518,314.04
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These figures all remain to be confirmed by way of debit notes from the European Commission which are still awaited. The debit notes will inform the Department when and how and within what deadlines to reimburse the sums due. In relation to any potential reimbursement of EGF co-financing received in respect of the three approved construction sub-sector programmes (NACE 41, NACE 43 and NACE 71), these programmes are ongoing until 9 June 2012. The Department does not yet have total expenditures for these programmes, which data require to be submitted together with final reports to the European Commission by 9 December 2012. However, it is anticipated that total expenditure will be significantly lower than the total funding available.
