I am advised that two agencies under the remit of my Department – Údarás na Gaeltachta and Fáilte Ireland – have engaged in expenditure under the Regional Aid (Industry and Services) Scheme General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) 2014-2020, during the period in question. As the Deputy will be aware it is not possible to provide information by county or NUTS, as all aid is reported at aggregate level for a Scheme under the GBER.
Details in respect of aid granted by Údarás Na Gaeltachta are set out in the table below.
Year
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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Value of aid
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Scheme launched
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€2.46m
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€2.21m
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€3.3m
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€2.18m
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€2.52m
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Not yet available
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With specific regard to any regional aid that Fáilte Ireland has granted through its tourism capital grants schemes under the Regional Aid Investment category of the General Block Exemption Regulation(GBER) Rules during the period in question, I am referring the Deputy’s question to Fáilte Ireland as an operational matter for direct reply to the Deputy. Please contact my private office if you have not received a reply within ten working days.