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

As the Minister knows, we are way behind target in obtaining approval for the rural development plan. Will he confirm when he expects to receive the letters of comfort? I am not asking about agreement on the full plan because we understand he is going to obtain approval for letters of comfort. Has he obtained this approval or when is he likely to obtain it? Will the letters cover all schemes? In other words, will they cover genomics, GLAS, TAMS, discussion groups, health schemes and the Leader programme, etc. or will they be scheme specific? When does the Minister expect to be able to announce the opening of the various schemes?

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