Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applicants seeking grant aid from Mayo County Enterprise Board in each of the past three years; and the number of applicants by category who were approved funding. [39737/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I have no role in the grant decision making process employed by Mayo County Enterprise Board (CEB) in relation to grant approvals or refusals. Decisions on applications for assistance from Mayo CEB are made independently by the Board on the advice of it's Evaluation Committee. In making recommendations to the Board the Evaluation Committee is required to have regard to the quality, local relevance, cost effectiveness and viability of proposals as well as issues of deadweight and displacement. The Board has supplied the following information in response to the Deputy's query.

From 2004 to-date in 2006 Mayo CEB has approved grant assistance to 70 projects with one formal refusal of grant aid by the Board. I have been informed by Mayo CEB that all early stage enquiries about possible applications are examined by the executive of Mayo CEB with a view to advising potential applicants of the feasibility or otherwise of their project proposal and whether or not it falls into the eligibility criteria under which Mayo CEB operates.