Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Can the Minister clarify how much the carry-over of Leader into this year was? According to my calculations, by mid-2013, there was still €181 million to be spent on Leader before the end of 2014. The Estimate provision for the whole year 2013 was €119 million and the Estimate provision next year is a maximum of €28 million. I did not get the breakdown between other capital expenditure, but that is €147 million. Unless the Minister's carry-over funded the first half of Leader's activities this year, he will be short of money to spend the whole programme by the end of 2014. Perhaps the Minister can explain how €147 million, at an absolute maximum, can fund the whole programme. Presumably some of this year's allocation was spent by the end of June this year. The Minister will be short by €30 million to €35 million at a minimum, but the shortage could be much greater than that. Will the Minister explain how the figures work?

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