Séamus Kirk (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Question 674: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding agreements of LEADER programmes in relation to County Louth; the percentage that comes from the EU and the National Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9993/07]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The LEADER+ Community Initiative and Area Based Rural Development Initiative (ABRDI) are currently implemented in County Louth by County Louth Rural Development Company Ltd. Funding has been allocated to this Local Action Group under the respective programmes as follows:

LEADER+ Community Initiative — €3,168,832 (LEADER+ is financed at 35% by the Exchequer and at 65% by the EU).

ABRDI — €1,022,560 which covers both Exchequer and co-funded measures. (As Louth is in the BMW region, 75% of expenditure incurred by the Local Action Group from co-financed measures of the ABRDI is funded by the EU).

The Group has also received two additional allocations of project funding under the ABRDI of €45,000 in 2006 and €160,000 in 2007. Funding for the interim costs of the Group in the period between the end of the 2000-06 round of funding and the commencement of the Rural Development Programme 2007-13 is also being provided. This is totally Exchequer funded.

Finally, the Deputy should note that the draft 2007-13 Programme is, at present, under discussion with the European Commission.