John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the programmes and schemes operated by her Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the European Union; the amount of funding in each case since Ireland joined the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3760/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The information requested by the Deputy is available in the following tables.

Table 1 details the level of EU aid received, per Measure, by the Department of Education and Science from the European Social Fund under the Community Support Framework, 1994-1999.

Table 2 details the level of EU aid received, per Measure, by the Department of Education and Science from the European Social Fund under the Community Support Framework 2000-2006.

The Deputy should be aware that EU funds are drawn-down in arrears, following certification and checking of accounts and in accordance with European Commission rules and procedures.

For historical data detailing the level of EU aid received by the State since 1973, I would direct the Deputy to the EU Transfers Section of the Department of Finance publication — Budgetary and Economic Statistics.