Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of EU funding made available to the Northern and Western Assembly in each of the years 2013 to 2020 under the European Regional Development Funds; the purposes for which this funding was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35145/20]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Northern and Western Regional Assembly (NWRA) is the designated Managing Authority for the Border, Midland and Western Regional Operational Programme 2014-2020 in the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Managing Authorities are responsible for managing expenditure and claims to the EU in relation to the ERDF.

To support Managing Authorities in this work, Technical Assistance is made available, and for the NWRA is set out below for the years 2013-2020. The funding is provided to support staffing requirements, to support related travel to and participation in international meetings and professional training, and communications and public awareness work. In addition to a mid-term evaluation of the work of the programme. It should be noted that for 2020 there will be additional supports that the NWRA have not yet claimed.

Funding under the heading of “Other” would in the main be funding towards Communications, and also any economic evaluation with regard to the outcomes of the programme.