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Regional Development
During my previous term of office, I was a member of the
Regional Development Committee in the European Parliament;
The Committee is a key committee because it helps decides
how much money will be allocated in EU regional Development
funding to Ireland.
During my time as a member of this Committee I have secured 60 Million Euros in Funding for Cross Border Projects in Ireland.
I have secured greater emphasis of creating jobs in Fishing Communities and I have worked on securing EU funding for energy related measures in the region.
I have also worked to increase EU funding for research and development. I have raised the under investment in public transport and I have always sought to promote Ireland and protect irish interests.
Regional Development in the EU
In the period 2009-2014
the Committee will be discussing new ways to divide the
funds and new ways of gauging how much funding a region
should receive. It is vital therefore that Ireland has
a strong representation on this Committee and I will
provide that if re-elected.
The Regional Development Committee
in the European Parliament is responsible for:
- Regional
and cohesion policy, in particular:
- the European Regional
Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the other
instruments of the Union's regional policy,
- assessing the impact
of other Union policies on economic and social
cohesion,
- coordination of the Union's structural
instruments,
- outermost regions and islands as well as
trans-frontier and interregional cooperation,
- Relations
with the Committee of the Regions, interregional
cooperation organisations and local and regional
authorities.
At
the meeting of 14 December 2006, the Conference of Presidents
decided to include the urban dimension as a competence
of the committee. This will be explicitly clarified in
Annex VI with the forthcoming revision of the Rules of
Procedure of the European Parliament.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/homeCom.do?language=EN&body=REGI
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