Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund: Discussion

Mr. Eddie Forsyth:

There are exemptions under the general block exemption regulation. We have issued a note on that to the European Commission. We seek legal advice from the Attorney General's office on state aid issues as they arise, but it is not quite as clear-cut as anything above €200,000 necessarily being out. We would seek advice on the project as we delivered it. We have liaised with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and other Departments on the requirements that attach to state aid rules. We are satisfied that any enterprise-related project that we have approved is in compliance with state aid rules and will not displace any other supplier that is providing a similar sort of service in the area.

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