Written answers

Friday, 16 September 2016

Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Cross-Border Projects

Photo of Fergus O'DowdFergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position of his Department in relation to any EU funded cross Border protects once Article 50 is enacted by Government of the United Kingdom. [26148/16]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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While responsibility for the PEACE and INTERREG Programmes is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, my Department provides funding drawn from these programmes to a number of different projects.

At the most recent P lenary meeting of the North South Ministerial Council in Dublin Castle in July the Government and the Northern Ireland Executive reiterated their commitment to the successful implementation of the se programmes. Also at the plenary meeting, Ministers agreed to optimise joint planning and engagement on key issues arising following the UK referendum result. As part of this process, my Department, along with other Departments North and South, is working to assess the possible impacts arising from a withdrawal from the European Union by the Government of the United Kingdom. It is intended that the results of this assessment will be presented at the next Plenary meeting in November.

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