Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Here we are again with my usual question on the LEADER programme. I know that the Minister is going to give me all sorts of figures, tell me that everything is hunky-dory and that he is spending money like it is going out of fashion this year. However, the reality is that we are still way behind in LEADER spending this year. Has there been any discussion between the Department of Rural and Community Development and the European Commission on the slow progress in spending this LEADER money?

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