Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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1720. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of State funding to the Western Development Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37285/17]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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1751. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation and details of all State funding to the Western Development Commission over the past five years. [38421/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1720 and 1751 together.

The Western Development Commission (WDC) was established on a statutory footing in 1999 under the Western Development Commission Act, 1998.  The main aim of the Commission is to promote, foster and encourage economic and social development in the Western Region, covering counties Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Clare.

The Exchequer allocations for the Western Development Commission in each of the five years from 2013 to 2017 inclusive are detailed on Table 1 below. The figures reflect the published Revised Estimates Volume for the years in question. 

I have recently appointed a new Board to the WDC to continue to work to maximise the potential of the Western region.

Table 1 – REV allocations 2013-2017, Western Development Commission