Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the response he has received to his call for new rural development groups to hold elections before submitting business plans for funding from his recently announced rural development package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24971/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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When hosting the Rural Development Forum last week in Charleville, I made my disappointment clear that so few of the companies to date have been fully formed with the election of a chairperson — despite the work of the last 3 years. I indicated also that the lack of practical progress raised serious issues with regard to the continuation of interim funding for LEADER companies who have not fully cohesed and who have not taken concrete steps to comply with the Governance guidelines. Some progress, considerable in some areas, has been made. However, I fully expect to see significant progress made in relation to any such outstanding matters.