§ Mr. DoddsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total amount of European Union grants to the fishing ports of(a) Kilkeel, (b) Portavogie and (c) Ardglass was in each financial year since 1997. [85690]
§ Mr. PearsonThe information requested is not held in the format requested and could not be provided without disproportionate cost.
Total grants paid to each of these locations under the European Union Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFO) over the period were as follows.
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£ Kilkeel Portavogie Ardglass 1997–98 0 22,447 33,789 1998–99 115,285 21,732 8,411 1999–2000 316,975 322,469 0 2000–01 163,665 198,317 5,837 2001–02 25,390 280,904 0 Total 621,315 845,869 48,037 Other examples of European Funding to these areas include:
£3,043 was paid to Ards Borough Council in November 2002 for the refurbishment of self-catering chalets in Portavogie. The funding was made available from Priority 1 'Economic Growth and Competitiveness'. Measure 4 'Local Economic Development' of the Building Sustainable Prosperity Programme.£14,781 was paid to Newry and Kilkeel Institute of Further and Higher Education in April 2001 to bring together people from Portadown, Newry, Dundalk and Kilkeel, giving them the opportunity to explore each others culture through a series of leadership activities and workshops. Of this total £3,695 was targeted at Kilkeel. The funding was made available from Sub-Programme 3 'Cross-Border Development', Measure 1 'Business and Cultural Linkages' of the Peace I Programme.Over the period 1994–2002, some £10.3 million was invested in processing and marketing projects, most of them located in the three fishing ports, of which 35 per cent. was EU Structural Funds (from FIFO), 5 per cent. national funding, and the remainder private investment.