Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 513: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in Donegal under the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006. [43850/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Investments under the National Development Plan/ Community Support Framework (NDP/CSF) 2000-2006 are delivered through seven Operational Programmes which are directly managed and implemented by Government Departments, the Regional Assemblies and other agencies. Progress on the implementation of the NDP/CSF is subject to ongoing monitoring through the individual Operational Programme Monitoring Committees and the overarching NDP/CSF Monitoring Committee chaired by my Department.

Furthermore, according to EU Regulations, progress on the NDP/CSF must be monitored and reported on a regional basis, that is, for the Border, Midlands & Western and Southern & Eastern regions. My Department reviews and generally monitors implementation of the NDP/CSF on this basis from information submitted by the Operational Programme Monitoring Committees but does not monitor expenditure at county level.

However, the project implementing bodies do attribute spending at county level. The most recent county level information from the project implementing bodies for the period January 2000 to December 2002 represents approximately 80% of the spending. This information is set out in the following table and includes details in relation to Donegal.

In addition, the NDP/CSF information website (www.ndp.ie) provides information on certain projects categorised on a county basis and the Deputy may wish to refer to that website for information on projects in County Donegal.