Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Could the other witnesses tells us whether there are major differences between Leader programmes are delivered county to county? Are there differentials with regard to the type of services that are being delivered? Are some Leader programmes far richer in terms of the amount of services they provide? If that is the case, is there a space for greater national co-ordination of different Leader programmes? In other words, if one Leader programme was not availing of or drawing down services or funds, help could be provided to it.

The statement that LEOs are roughly getting the same amount or less funding was very interesting. In my experience, there can be confusion and overlap between LEOs and partnerships. Is this the case currently or is it very clearly defined? Do citizens know that they should go to a partnership for some and LEO for the others?