Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under what authority the Government fund the Glencree Reconciliation Centre in Co. Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. [86150]
§ Mr. McFallThe Glencree Reconciliation Centre receives project funding from a global grant body in the Republic, under the Cross-Border Community Reconciliation Measure of the EU Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation. The project involves school children in the Border Counties and in Northern Ireland. The measure is jointly administered by the global grant body and the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust. The latter contributes to the funding of this project, given its cross-border nature, and the EU funding element attracts a matching contribution from Government.