52. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on the impact to public expenditure on Border counties such as Donegal, Cavan, Sligo, Leitrim, and Monaghan, following confirmation from the European Commission that the designation of the wider northern and western region of Ireland is to be upgraded from a “transition region” to a “more developed region” even though the GDP per capita in those counties is 68% of the EU average, on a par with Eastern European regions classified as being “less developed”; and if he will assure the people of those Border counties that they will not lose out on key infrastructural projects due to the ensuing cut in EU co-financing. [12972/26]

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52. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on the impact to public expenditure on Border counties such as Donegal, Cavan, Sligo, Leitrim, and Monaghan, following confirmation from the European Commission that the designation of the wider northern and western region of Ireland is to be upgraded from a “transition region” to a “more developed region” even though the GDP per capita in those counties is 68% of the EU average, on a par with Eastern European regions classified as being “less developed”; and if he will assure the people of those Border counties that they will not lose out on key infrastructural projects due to the ensuing cut in EU co-financing. [12972/26]

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