Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the financial commitments that are in place from Britain regarding the PEACE and INTERREG programmes post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10511/18]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the financial commitments that are in place from the EU regarding the PEACE and INTERREG programmes post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10512/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 61 together.

As the Deputy will be aware, the Irish Government is committed to the successful implementation of the current PEACE and INTERREG Programmes and to successor programmes post-2020. 

I am pleased to be able to advise the House that this ambition is now reflected in the terms of the joint progress report on the Brexit negotiations that was agreed between the EU and UK in December.  Both parties agreed to honour their commitments to the current programmes and to examine the possibilities for future support favourably. 

Moreover, in its Communication to the European Council that accompanied the joint progress report, the Commission committed itself to proposing the continuation of the programmes in its proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework, expected in May.