Written answers

Tuesday, 5 February 2008

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

EU Funding

9:00 pm

Photo of John O'MahonyJohn O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 652: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [3766/08]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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While it would not be feasible to collate the full range of data in respect of the period referred to by the Deputy without the application of a disproportionate amount of staff resources, the position insofar as programmes under my Department's aegis which received EU funding in 2007 is concerned is that funding was received from the European Refugee Fund and the European Social Fund.

The purpose of the European Refugee Fund is to support and encourage efforts made by Member States in receiving asylum seekers, integrating refugees and voluntary repatriation projects. The fund was established in 2000 and the current phase of the fund runs from 2005 to 2008. In the period 2000-2007 a total of €7.5m approximately has been allocated to Ireland, however all allocations are subject to verification by the European Commission.

In addition, my Department received European Social Funding (ESF) under the Employment and Human Resources Capital Programme of the 2000 — 2006 National Development Plan (NDP) / Community Support Framework to fund

positive actions under the Equality for Women Measure

the NDP Gender Equality Unit

The total ESF received (or still outstanding) to my Department for this purpose under the 2000 — 2006 NDP/CSF amounted to just over €7 million. Under the National Development Plan 2007 — 2013, my Department is due to receive up to €15.75 million of ESF funding for a further Positive Action Programme to address gender equality.

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