Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 168: 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. [24624/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment and Human Resources Operation Programme was the second largest of the national Operational Programmes under the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006. Nationally overall expenditure under the Employment and Human Resources Development Operational Programme 2000-2006, to the end of 2006, was over €14.9 billion or 105% of forecast, with the ESF element presently standing at almost €907 million or 102% of forecast. Whilst expenditure on the NDP part of the Operational Programme ceased at the end of 2006, some ESF funding remains to be spent during 2007 (under the EU N+2 rule). The ESF element of the EHRD OP has satisfied the requirements of the N+2 rule for each year of the programme and full utilisation of allocated ESF funding is expected for the overall programming period.

Under the South and East Region, at the end of 2006, total expenditure reached €10.6 billion or 102.6% of the forecast. Expenditure on the ESF for the same period reached €549.5 million or 104.3% of forecast. Under the BMW Region, at the end of 2006, total expenditure reached €4.3 billion or 97.4% of forecast. The ESF expenditure for the same period reached €357.7 million or 97.9% of forecast.