# More EU funding for Northern Ireland likely

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/02/01/more-eu-funding-northern-ireland-likely/
- Published: 2013-02-01T00:10:42+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Further EU funding is more likely for peace projects in Northern Ireland, according
to First Minister Peter Robinson.

Mr Robinson was addressing a conference in Brussels on the impact of European peace
funding in Northern Ireland over the past two decades. The European Union has provided
Northern Ireland with more than £1 billion of peace funding since 1995.

There is no specific commitment from the EU on the size of fund but the figure of
£120 million has been mentioned. Previous EU money has funded scores of community
groups as well as high profile capital projects.

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Peace 3, which provided £300 million, follows Peace 1 and 2 which were set up to
support the peace process after the paramilitary ceasefires of 1994. Peace funding
is given to a wide range of social and economic projects in Northern Ireland and
the border counties. 

www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk

 

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