North/South Implementation Bodies: Final Accounts

HL Deb 08 September 2003 vol 652 cc6-7WA

Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether all the Cross-Border Implementation Bodies have supplied final accounts for 2000, 2001 and 2002 to the North/South Ministerial Council; and, if not, which bodies have not yet supplied such accounts and why. [HL4069]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

The position regarding final accounts is shown in the attached table.

between the British and Irish Governments, the initial grants (the budget for the year 2000) were made from monies appropriated by the Appropriation (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and from money voted by Dáil Éireann.

Under the same provision, the North/South Ministerial Council, with the approval of Finance Ministers, is required to make recommendations for subsequent years as to the amount of grants (budgets) for the Implementation Bodies to be paid from money voted by the Northern Ireland Assembly and Dáil Éireann.

Accordingly the NSMC recommended the budgetary provisions for 2001 and 2002 on 17 November 2000 and 17 December 2001 respectively.