Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For the past year no money has gone to the area covered by the Mayo North East Leader Partnership. People are waiting for payments, and some payments have been rejected where work has been carried out. Ordinary people are owed money but we are not able to access Leader funding.

No new applications can be made. I respect due process, but why can another vehicle not be put in place to ensure the people of these areas are not denied access to Leader funding? We know there is a time span of four years for current Leader funding. It is imperative the Minister decides to do something in this regard.