Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of money returned to or due to be returned to the European globalisation fund to date providing a breakdown of moneys returned by EGF application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40063/11]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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The total funding allocations for the following EGF programmes in support of eligible redundant workers in Ireland were as follows: Dell: €22.8m (of which the EGF maximum 65% contribution is €14.8m and the national co-funded element is almost €8.0m) Waterford Crystal: €3.96m (EGF €2.57m, national €1.39m) SR Technics: €11.46m (EGF €7.45m, national €4.01m) An EGF Final Report and Statement of Eligible Expenditure are required to be submitted to the European Commission by the Irish authorities within 6 months of the end of the EGF implementation period. The first such report is for the Dell EGF programme and is due on 28 December 2011. It is only at that stage that final certified expenditure is notified to the European Commission and any unused funds identified where applicable.

The certification of final expenditure is ongoing and in this context, a number of claims from service providers are currently awaited or are being processed. As no EGF programme final report has yet been submitted to the EU, and no financial expenditure statements have yet been completed, any final EGF funding underspend has not yet been identified for these programmes. To date, on the basis of claims processed, my Department has paid out the following amounts on the three EGF programmes: Dell: €6.46m Waterford Crystal: €1.61m SR Technics: €1.30m Whilst the final Dell programme expenditure certified is expected to double, it is clear at this stage that final expenditure will be significantly less than was originally expected could be used on that programme.