Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Some 83% of the PEACE IV programme, of €270 million, is committed with 88 projects approved for funding. These include groups of projects under the local authority PEACE action plans, and projects in the area of shared education and giving additional support to children and young people. I have visited some of these projects and am aware of how valuable they are.

Under the INTERREG programme, €282 million has been allocated, 87% of available funding, which has been committed to 32 different projects. I am committed to working with the European Commission to try to put in place a successor programme to these funding streams. This will form part of the negotiation that we will have with the Commission across most of next year in respect of the new European budget.

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