Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest estimated final expenditure for each of the three European Globalisation Adjustment Fund programmes currently in operation, in tabular form. [20247/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware it is difficult to accurately forecast final expenditure on EGF programmes as public beneficiary bodies generally fund the cost of EGF measures from national budgets and subsequently submit expenditure declarations/claims during and more often following completion of the programmes. The average expenditure across the 7 previous Irish EGF programmes was 60% of the programme allocations. Assuming a similar outcome, the estimated final expenditure on the 3 more recent programmes is shown in the table.

The Andersen Ireland EGF programme ended on 16 May 2016 and my Department will submit a final report and expenditure statement to the European Commission by 16 November 2016. My Department had provided the Deputy with an estimated expenditure of some €900,000 as at March 2016. Since then my Department has written to the Commission regarding proposed budgetary amendments to reflect expected additional expenditure across some headings, possibly leading to an overall spend nearer to €1.5m. In this regard, my Department has requested the public beneficiary bodies to submit their expenditure declarations this month following which the final expenditure will become clearer.

The Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland EGF programme ends on 19 September 2016 with a final reporting date of March 2017. No further estimate update has been undertaken by my Department in relation to this programme, since that provided in April at which time expenditure of €1.5m was estimated.

Similarly, in relation to the PWA International EGF programme which ends on 19 June 2017, my Department has not undertaken any estimate of final expenditure.