Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 482: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5183/07]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was established in June 2002, bringing together a range of functions previously under the remit of six different Government Departments.

During the period 2002-2006, my Department received funding from the EU in respect of activities included under the Programme for Peace and Reconciliation/INTERREG and the LEADER/National Rural Development Programme 2000-2006. Details of the allocations for these programmes are published in the annual Revised Estimates Volumes for the years in question.

EU receipts received by my Department in each of the years 2002-2006 are set out below:

The variation between years is accounted for mainly by timing issues in relation to receipts from the EU under the relevant programmes and by increased spend occurring in the later years of the programmes