Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Funding of €69 million is approved and €26 million is in the process, yet only €21 million has been paid out. What is the Minister's anticipated figure for the amount that will actually be paid out by the end of 2019? We had a discussion previously about inconsistencies among LAGs nationally in terms of spend and performance. Following that discussion, the Minister was to go away and kick some heads in. What has the result of his work been and has some sort of consistency of performance been established? Has the Minister looked specifically at those LAGs which are not delivering? Is there any LAG which is at risk of exceeding the 25% threshold in terms of administration versus overall budget? Is it the threshold for the overall national budget or does it apply within each company?

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