Louis O'Hara (Galway East, Sinn Fein)

I understand it is a complicated formula but there is clearly a discrepancy between our area and other parts of the State. Will the Minister take a look at it and engage with the local development company on it? We feel very hard done by in Galway. We are not just missing out on the LEADER allocation. Our local authority is very underfunded and is not receiving the same funding per capita as other counties. The Government as a whole needs to take a look at this. I also want to ask about the plan for LEADER in the longer term. The Minister's predecessor, Heather Humphreys, slashed the budget for this programme, something that will be remembered by a lot of people next week when they go to the polls.

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