Written answers

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Department of Education and Skills

European Globalisation Fund

9:00 pm

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the agencies that received funds from the European Globalisation Fund (details supplied); the sum each agency received and the way each agency distributed the funding. [13635/11]

Photo of Ciarán CannonCiarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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At the end of March 2011, some 1,919 beneficiaries had been provided with personalised services under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) programme in support of redundant workers at the Dell Computer manufacturing plant in Raheen, Co. Limerick and at relevant ancillary enterprises. These beneficiaries are broken down as follows:- 1,050 through FÁS programmes 328 through Vocational Education Committees programmes 371 through public and private third level educational institutions and colleges 170 through the City and County Enterprise Boards. In addition, guidance services were provided to 2,529 beneficiaries.

Ireland is required to use the EGF financial contribution received from the EU budgetary authorities before 29 June 2011 and must send its final report for the execution of the financial contribution to the European Commission not later than 29 December 2011. In this context, it is not yet possible to provide a detailed breakdown of expenditure on the EGF programme in advance while claims from various service providers are still awaited or are being processed and any relevant reconciliations between national and EU funding still need to be assessed and verified.

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