Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)
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Question 463: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure to date in 2006 for County Monaghan under the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31683/06]

Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)
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Question 468: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure to date in 2006 for County Cavan under the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31690/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 463 and 468 together.

As I have indicated to the House on a number of occasions, it is a matter for individual Departments to report progress with their projects under the RAPID programme. In support of my Department, Pobal collects data from each RAPID area in respect of funding allocations received by projects from Government Departments and local state agencies. The latest data in respect of the programme is available on Pobal's website under the RAPID section (http://www.pobal.ie/live/RAPID). The Deputy may find it helpful to access this information. I understand that full data in respect of the year 2006 will not be collected until early 2007.

My Department co-funds the RAPID Leverage schemes. Since these were initiated by my Department in 2004, €305,500 has been allocated to projects in Cavan. To-date just over €200,000 has been drawn down from this allocation. Expenditure under the programme in 2006 to date amounts to €65,811. There are no designated RAPID areas in County Monaghan.