Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 396: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6142/10]

Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 398: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €15 million in the period 2000 to date in 2010. [6314/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 398 together.

My Department was established in June 2002 and this reply covers the period from that date onwards. No companies have been granted contracts by my Department for projects worth €10 million or more in the period in question. However, for the sake of completeness, I should inform the Deputy that my Department has entered into certain contracts with aggregate values of over €10 million with a number of Local Action Groups under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, but such contracts relate to programme measures, rather than to individual projects.

In addition, my Department has paid amounts in excess of €10 million in total to both Galway and Mayo County Councils towards the development of Caladh Mór pier, Inis Meáin, and Cill Rónáin pier, Inis Mór, in Co Galway, and Clare Island and Inishturk Island piers in Co Mayo. In those cases, the relevant contracts to the companies carrying out the works were awarded by the local authorities, rather than by my Department. A breakdown of this expenditure on an annual basis is provided in the table. It should be noted that further payments will issue to Galway County Council in 2010 in respect of Cill Rónáin pier, where works are ongoing.

If the Deputy requires any further information in relation to the foregoing, I will be glad to provide it to him.