Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 461: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent to date under the employment and human resources programme under the national development plan; the breakdown in terms of the amount spent in each region; the amount estimated to be spent by the end of the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34278/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The overall expenditure up to the 31st December 2005 under the Employment and Human Resources Development Operational Programme (EHRD-OP) was €11,995,982,000. Of this amount, €3,496,347,000 was spent in the BMW Region and €8,499,640,000 in the S&E Region. The European Social Fund (ESF) expenditure in the Programme reached €718,531,000 by the end of 2005, with €276,127,000 spent in the BMW Region and €442,040,000 in the S&E Region.

The total amount estimated to be spent under the EHRD Operational Programme as a whole is €14,619,048,000 and of this, €4,414,600,000 will be spent in the BMW Region and €10,204,447,000 in the S&E Region. The total amount of ESF funding, estimated to be spent by the end of the Programme, currently is €817,376,000 with €321,185,000 in the BMW Region and €496,191,000 in the S&E Region.

The original financial projections for the EHRD-OP in the year 2000 forecast total expenditure of €14,198,041,000. The total spend for the Programme is now estimated to reach €14,619,048,000, an increase of €421 million over the original allocation, reflecting greater investment in human resource development through, in particular, education and training and social inclusion measures.