Mr. Gabriel O'Connell:

The new Leader programme has three different themes. The first is economic, enterprise and development. The second is social inclusion while the third is the rural environment. There are a number of sub-themes within those themes. The Leader model is a standard one with regard to what is delivered. Budgets vary across areas but the model will be quite standard. With the local community development strategies approved in each county, the LEOs and everybody else know what the potential funding is. It is up to everybody to work together to maximise the money coming into each county. That works quite well. What the Department has encouraged is local agreements with LEOs through the local community development committees, LCDCs, to make sure this happens.