Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding made available to capital development projects supported by PEACE programmes since the inception of the PEACE programme in 1995, in tabular form; and the location of these capital projects. [2532/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The PEACE and INTERREG Programmes are managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), a North South Implementation Body established under the Good Friday Agreement.

The current PEACE Programme, PEACE IV (2014-2020), has allocated €53.7 million capital funding to date under its Shared Spaces theme. The funding relates to larger individual capital build projects under Action 3.1 and smaller capital builds under Action 3.2, which is incorporated into each local authority's PEACE Local Action Plan.

The PEACE III Programme (2007-2013) allocated €104.7 million under Theme 2.1 Creating Shared Public Spaces.

The PEACE II Programme (2000-2006) did not have a specific capital build programme theme and there is no breakdown available for capital funding provided under the PEACE I Programme (1995-1999).

The breakdown for PEACE IV Action 3.1, PEACE IV Action 3.2 and PEACE III Theme 2.1  are as follows:

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding made available to projects supported by all PEACE programmes since the inception of the PEACE programme in 1995, by county and year in tabular form. [2533/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, the PEACE and INTERREG Programmes have made a real and visible contribution towards supporting peace and reconciliation and promoting economic and social cohesion in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland for more that two decades. The programme are managed  by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), a North South Implementation Body established under the Good Friday Agreement.

The table sets out the funding made available to projects by year under the PEACE II, III and IV programmes. A breakdown by year is not available for the 1995-1999 PEACE I programme which predated SEUPB's establishment. The data is not available by county as the majority of projects are programme or service based and would typically have activity and beneficiaries on a regional basis.

* Note re funding amounts:

Where both currencies are provided, they represent equivalent amounts and not separate amounts of funding.  PEACE I funding amounts are only available in sterling and PEACE IV funding amounts are only available in euro.