Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of pre-financing by programme her Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be reimbursed to the EU Commission; the reasons this money will be reimbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20583/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Generally, such advances automatically occur in respect of a portion of funding when a proposal has been accepted for funding by the EU Commission. Under the current round of EU funding, my Department has received two advance payments from the EU Commission, as follows;

European Social Fund (ESF) €1.7m

Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund (AMIF) €6.8m

It is not envisaged that any portion of this funding will fall to be reimbursed to the EU Commission.