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Priority Total NDP Total CSF EU Funds

National

Public Private

Non

co-fi nanced

Public

Expenditure

Non

co-fi nanced

Private

Expenditure

€m €m €m €m €m €m €m

Programme Total €4,273.723 €1,737.623 €774.682 €3,056.730 €2,474.73 €61.37

Local Infrastructure

Priority€2,465.284 €852.420 €426.210 €1,852.602 €0 €1,612.864 €0

Local Enterprise

Priority€323.443 €281.734 €133.079 €147.402 €42.962 €21.177 €20.532

Agriculture & Rural

Development

Priority

€410.289 €303.189 €65.253 €132.159 €66.262 €40.838

Social

Inclusion &

Childcare Priority

€1,074.707 €300.280 €150.140 €924.567 €2.988 €774.427 €0

Priority Indicator Measurement Final Target

Outturn to end

of programme

Local

Infrastructure Access

Number of kilometers improved under Non-National Roads Measure 24,986 37,202.30

Local Infrastructure

Additional Businesses with 512Kbps downstream and 128Kbps upstream broad-band available (access on demand) 36,000

36,000

Of which:Businesses in Rural Areas 13,000

13,000

Of which: Business in RAPID 11 area 7,000 7,000

Local Enterprise Net new jobs created in Micro-Enterprise 23,500 21,798

Agriculture & Rural

Development EnvironmentWater Quality relating to agriculture – fi sh kills attributed to agriculture No Target 3

Agriculture & Rural

Development EmploymentNet new jobs created under rural development measures** 400 f/t 524 f/t

Social Inclusion

& Childcare

Social Inclusion Net new Childcare places provided

14,336 p/t7,036 f/t

21,372 total

14,156 p/t12,086 f/t

26,242 total

Social Inclusion &

Childcare

Social Inclusion Net new Childcare places provided +50% +61.4%

Long-term unemployment rate in Region None 1.8%

Local Infrastructure Total CSF ERDF National Public

Total Reported Expenditure €m €578.316 €289.158 €289.158

Revised Programme Forecast €553.396 €276.698 €276.698

Total Declared Expenditure as

% of Revised Forecast 104.50% 104.50% 104.50%

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Local Enterprise Total CSF EU Funds ERDF EAGGF FIFGNational

PublicPrivate

Total Reported

Expenditure €m

€233.068 €109.092 €91.295 €6.140 €11.658 €97.870 €26.105

Revised

Programme

Forecast

€239.539 €103.051 €84.893 €8.013 €10.145 €101.718 €34.770

Total Declared

Expenditure as

% of Revised

Forecast

97.30% 105.86% 107.54% 76.63% 114.91% 96.22% 75.08%

Agriculture & Rural

DevelopmentTotal CSF EAGGF National Public Private

Total Reported Expenditure to end of Programme

€325.342 €68.566 €68.566 €188.210

Revised Forecast €277.411 €61.784 €61.786 €153.839

Total Declared Expendi-ture as % of Revised Forecast

117.28% 110.98% 110.97% 122.34%

Social Inclusion

& ChildcareTotal CSF EU Funds ERDF ESF

National

Public

Total Reported

Expenditure €m €300.485 €150.242 €61.540 €88.702 €150.242

Revised OP

Forecast €266.826 €133.413 €46.076 €87.337 €133.413

Total Declared

Expenditure as % of

Revised Forecast 112.29% 112.29% 133.56% 101.07% 112.29%

Total Declared

Expenditure €299.615 €149.807 €61.540 €88.268 €149.807

Year State S&E BMW

Population (000’s) 2006 4,239.8 3,105.5 1,134.3

Employment (000’s) 2009 1,887.7 1,405.2 482.5

Unemployment rate 2009 12.4 12.1 13.2

Disposable income per capita

(state = 100) 2007 100 102.7 92.5

GVA per person (state = 100) 2006 100 110.2 72.2

7

5

3

1

-1

-3

-5 -7

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 08Q1 08Q2 08Q3 08Q4

REGIONAL GVA TRENDS

In terms of regional economic growth performance, the mostrecently published data on Regional GVA (Gross Value Added) and Disposable Incomes is for 2007. The average value added per person generated in the Southern and Eastern region was 11.2% above the State average in 2007. The level of GVA per person in the Southern and Eastern region increased by 57.1% in the period 2000 to 2007 while the GVA per person in the Border, Midlands and Western region increased by 53.6% during the same period.

The gross value added per person in the Border, Midland and Western NUTS2 region was 69.3% of the State average in 2007, down from 71.0% in 2006. When measured against the EU average it has decreased from 103.2% in 2006 to 102.7% in 2007. At the NUTS3 regional level, the Dublin region had the highest GVA per person in 2007 at 41.2% above the State average. The combined Dublin plus Mid East region in 2007 was 22.8% above the State average. The level of GVA per person in this region has exceeded the State average by at least 17% in each year since 2000. Dublin and Mid East regions are combined together as they are aff ected signifi cantly by workers living in one region and commuting to work in the other. Meanwhile the Midland region has the lowest GVA per person in 2007 at 65.8% of the State average.

Over the period 2000 to 2006, the output from the Region grew by 12.1 % compared to 15.2% for the BMW Region, it is important to note however that the BMW Region grew for a much lower base. The S&E Region contributed 81.1% of total national GVA in 2005 this fi gure has fl uctuated within one percentage point over the period under consideration and stood at 80.7% in latest fi gures released from the CSO . What is clear from the fi gures below is that Ireland’s economy during 2000-2006 has been largely driven by the Dublin and South-West Region while the remaining regions have struggled to make any signifi cant gains outside their historical share of national output.

State=100

140

130

120

110

100

90

80

70

60

50

40

2006

2007

Index values of GVA per person, 2006 to 2007

Border

Midland

and Western

Border Midland West Southern &

Eastern

Dublin plus

Mid East

Mid West South East South West

BMW Region % UNEMPLOYED

BMW Region % EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

S&E Region % UNEMPLOYED

S&E Region % EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

NNR Water Waste U&V Ecomm Tourism

NUTS111

Region

7,264,858.00

DRA: 14,875,138.59

Dublin City 5,159,109.66 0.00 9,315,750.76 21,236,960.58 0.00

Fingal 5,205,754.00 0.00 417,710.98 3,552,367.50 0.00

Dun Laoghaire 14,625,179.76 0.00 350,319.57 3,909,573.14 0.00

South Dublin 42,459,864.27 0.00 15,502,518.49 827,172.89 0.00

67,449,907.69 0.00 25,586,299.80 29,526,074.11 14,875,138.59 0.00

SERA: 23,715,049.11

Kilkenny 8,762,469.31 2,193,566.48 0.00 2,518,587.44 5,437,689.21

Carlow 3,133,236.01 6,602,544.84 0.00 1,532,842.62 453,595.06

Wexford 10,428,550.95 1,020,419.65 1,630,858.92 2,870,723.59 630,339.98

Waterford City 13,220,795.56 1,975,791.53 3,734,842.85 0.00

Waterford

County16,486,679.18 8,081,043.14 2,590,218.97 125,000.00

Tipperary

South12,410,515.68 1,188,097.47 0.00 2,829,421.53 0.00

64,442,246.69 11,004,628.44 11,687,693.59 16,076,637.00 23,715,049.11 6,646,624.25

SWRA: 27,820,832.38

Cork City 12,308,098.77 0.00 11,065,529.20 0.00

Cork County 32,305,684.81 3,842,660.86 4,131,187.34 4,527,287.01 1,060,258.10

Kerry 30,005,284.85 2,304,365.01 1,944,831.46 3,326,945.34 2,848,096.50

74,619,068.43 6,147,025.87 6,076,018.80 18,919,761.55 27,820,832.38 3,908,354.60

MWRA: 15,100,029.23

Clare 7,909,701.45 19,187,391.45 2,524,719.99 2,791,061.86 23,241,318.75

Limerick City 3,084,667.92 506,848.84 5,416,845.50 0.00

Limerick

County18,946,352.30 9,207,759.13 3,862,165.69 3,524,213.53 142,847.81

Tipperary

North5,801,030.04 3,601,756.89 510,749.99 2,477,100.37 0.00

35,741,751.71 31,996,907.47 7,404,484.51 14,209,221.26 15,100,029.23 23,384,166.56

MERA: 10,910,825.37

Kildare 19,705,484.95 230,648.86 2,135,438.83 2,574,835.62 0.00

Meath 27,082,267.42 255,202.00 1,527,819.79 3,555,148.17 0.00

Wicklow 4,710,687.47 2,648,727.88 1,150,948.96 342,952.00

51,498,439.84 485,850.86 6,311,986.50 7,280,932.75 10,910,825.37 342,952.00

Total 293,751,414.36 49,247,680.95 57,066,483.20 87,929,456.39 88,519,710.68 41,546,955.41

MicroE RIS Port Aquaculture Childcare ERDF Childcare ESF TOTAL

4,980,365.33 12,245,223.33

15,070,614.90

8,353,582.90 5,772,543.75 0.00 20,176,182.44 45,632,049.00 70,014,130.09

5,466,915.73 0.00 2,682,199.00 5,062,147.00 17,324,947.21

5,686,746.66 2,582,976.00 0.00 1,511,633.00 4,935,037.00 28,666,428.13

5,956,730.57 0.00 3,060,048.00 14,985,438.00 67,806,334.22

25,463,975.86 8,355,519.75 0.00 0.00 27,430,062.44 70,614,671.00 269,497,125.55

23,931,219.87

4,642,367.63 0.00 5,740,130.00 5,579,437.00 29,294,810.07

4,112,172.12 1,355,081.20 0.00 3,555,456.97 4,704,550.00 20,744,928.82

5,557,195.58 866,203.99 9,631,837.45 9,010,133.33 7,962,240.00 41,646,263.44

4,231,339.57 2,635,114.07 0.00 6,684,041.00 5,108,049.00 32,481,924.58

3,783,189.63 1,623,596.25 6,141,833.00 5,038,063.00 2,156,525.00 43,869,623.17

3,990,239.51 0.00 771,208.68 5,293,934.00 4,748,605.00 26,483,416.87

26,316,504.04 3,990,195.27 2,489,800.24 16,544,879.13 35,321,758.30 30,259,406.00 248,711,592.82

27,945,547.81

4,356,691.11 2,625,725.00 0.00 8,257,380.00 13,731,671.00 38,613,424.08

11,084,707.55 13,456,878.64 10,072,757.40 10,446,933.00 10,429,367.00 90,928,354.71

4,772,218.58 2,217,602.45 16,044,586.17 782,817.09 10,636,206.00 14,493,506.00 74,882,953.45

20,213,617.24 4,843,327.45 29,501,464.81 10,855,574.49 29,340,519.00 38,654,544.00 271,024,824.05

15,270,770.83

5,128,474.01 0.00 78,456.50 6,531,782.00 7,118,602.00 67,392,906.01

4,135,782.41 1,199,866.88 0.00 7,521,005.00 8,611,460.00 21,865,016.55

4,776,901.85 0.00 5,564,092.00 3,450,074.00 46,024,332.31

4,246,070.04 0.00 3,951,969.00 3,933,759.00 20,588,676.33

18,287,228.31 1,199,866.88 0.00 78,456.50 23,568,848.00 23,113,895.00 194,255,597.03

10,983,037.78

4,479,079.04 0.00 2,760,008.00 3,409,513.00 31,885,495.30

4,664,965.30 0.00 10,177,949.50 3,538,445.00 47,263,352.18

4,177,355.36 0.00 772,883.36 1,937,384.00 7,484,110.00 15,740,939.03

13,321,399.70 0.00 0.00 772,883.36 14,875,341.50 14,432,068.00 120,304,892.29

95,013,749.91 18,388,909.35 31,991,265.05 33,232,158.81 123,079,827.86 176,535,417.00 1,098,107,218.18

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