Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 287: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the completed projects within Kildare that were proposed under the last national development plan by his Department; the number under construction; the number that have rolled over to the new NDP; the other new proposals that are planned for Kildare under the new NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4290/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment and Human Resources Development Operational Programme 2000-2006 is comprised of both NDP funded and ESF co-funded projects/measures targeted at a regional level, not at county level. Monitoring and reporting of activity both physical and financial is done at regional level, that is, at Border, Midlands and Western and Southern and Eastern Regional levels. Therefore, little data is available on projects at the county level itself through this Programme. The same applies in the case of the Productive Sector Operational Programme, which is also managed by my Department. Under the Micro-Enterprise Measure of the Southern and Eastern Regional Operational Programme 2000-2006 funding to the level of €3.6 million was provided to Kildare County Enterprise Board. This funding was committed to promoting and supporting micro-business start-up and expansion projects, to training and mentoring programmes to assist the development of micro-businesses and to the promotion of entrepreneurship generally throughout the County. Details of specific outputs achieved from this expenditure are available in each of the annual reports published by Kildare CEB from 2000 onwards, copies of which have been submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas. In so far as the recently launched NDP 2007-2013, Transforming Ireland — A Better Quality of Life for All, is concerned the priorities, programmes and sub-programmes have also been set at national level. While my Department is responsible for driving the delivery of a range of activities under the Enterprise, Science and Innovation and the Investment in Human Capital Priorities, in conjunction with the Agencies coming under our remit, we have not proposed specific "projects" targeting individual counties. Naturally, the Agencies promoting the individual Sub-Programmes under the new NDP will tailor their delivery to meet the individual needs of each county.