Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This relates to the continuation of the scheme. The allocation will be made to 2020. This scheme will continue to 2023. The existing contracts are in place and will be up to 2023. That gives us a time span between now and then. I hope that the CAP negotiations work out well. I do not want to see the LEADER programme cut in any way. That is why I will be fighting to ensure that happens. My officials are already talking to their counterparts in Europe to try to get a continuation of the scheme. The scheme operates up to 2023. It is up to us between now and then to get a new round.