Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had in relation to the need to progress the proposal to establish a successor programme to the Peace III Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3637/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The existing PEACE III programme will make its final allocations this year, although some projects will be funded up to late 2015. We have been working actively to ensure that a successor programme will be put in place. I discussed this matter most recently at the meeting in Belfast on 17 January, 2013 with the Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers MP, Minister of State Mike Penning MP, the First Minister, Peter Robinson and the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness. The EU funding for a new PEACE programme will depend on the outcome of the overall EU Multiannual Financial Framework negotiations, which are currently ongoing in Brussels.