Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development
Rural Regeneration and Development Fund: Discussion
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That does not clarify the matter. This is a rural development fund. My understanding of state aid rules is that, as the people involved in LEADER will be able to confirm, permission is needed for anything above €200,000 that is enterprise-related. That is a general rule. As such, Mr. Forsyth is saying that any project that would create actual jobs and exceeded €200,000 would more or less be out of the gate. I am not saying that there are not some strange exceptions, but it is generally the case.
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