Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have just finished talking about RAPID. I will tell the Minister one thing. The Leader scheme is far from rapid because there is nothing rapid about the pace at which people around the country are getting the money. It started in 2014. It is now May 2018 and in my county of Leitrim, not one community project and not one person who applied for funding has got a red cent. The statistic showing that only 0.3% of funding has been allocated is a scandal. It is time to recognise that the way in which this has been put in place is not working.

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