Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
International Security Fund: Motion
9:00 am
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
This fund is substantially larger than the previous fund. There is an increase in overall funding of between 84% and 112%. The increased budget is aimed partly at increasing the flexibility of the fund to accommodate targeted actions as agreed by the Commission. A sum of €1 billion will be allocated to provide that fluidity. I understand that the single rulebook will allow the interworking of this fund with other projects and programmes of the European Union. Could that include projects involving elements of the Common Security and Defence Policy, Frontex and the Integrated Border Management Fund? Is that fair to say?
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