To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether contributions under the Republic of Ireland’s National Development Plan to public sector projects in Northern Ireland will be treated by the Government as additional to increases in the block grant for Northern Ireland provided for under the Barnett formula; and if he will make a statement. (125532)

Any contributions from the Republic of Ireland’s National Development Plan to public sector projects in Northern Ireland will be treated as additional to funding allocations determined via the application of the Barnett formula.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the role of the Strategic Investment Board is in determining which projects in Northern Ireland should receive money from the National Development Plan of the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement. (125658)

The Strategic Investment Board has not been given any role in determining which projects in Northern Ireland should receive money from the National Development Plan of the Republic of Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether planned expenditure on public sector projects in Northern Ireland under the National Development Plan of the Republic of Ireland will be scrutinised by the Northern Ireland Audit Office. (125659)

Questions relating to the Northern Ireland Audit Office’s scrutiny of public expenditure are matters for the Comptroller and Auditor General who will write to the hon. Member on this matter.