247 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the amount allocated in grants and the actual amounts drawn down to date in respect of each of the three urban areas of Cork northside, Tallaght-Clondalkin and Ballymun-Finglas. [13698/99]

I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to the three areas under the EU urban initiative and, on that basis, the following table sets out the most up to date information under this initiative as sought by the Deputy:–

Breakdown, by Sub-Programme, or URBAN Community Initiative allocations and drawdown in (IR£m.)