Agenda 2000 highlights for Ireland

Total structural and cohesion receipts: - £2.97 billion

Total structural and cohesion receipts: - £2.97 billion

Structural funds: to western/Border/midlands region - £932 million; to eastern/southern region - £1.45 billion

Cohesion funding: - £390 million, with review and end to eligibility from 2003

Northern Ireland Peace Fund: - £400 million over five years, of which £80 million to the Republic

Community initiatives - £200 million, including peace money

Total agricultural transfers: - £10 billion

Postponement to 2005 of milk reforms and easing of cereal price cut from 20 per cent to 15 per cent

Beef reforms unchanged

Abandonment of proposals to claw back direct aid payments

Review of farm spending in 2002.

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