Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 32: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the main provisions of the rural development package announced by him on 20 May 2008; the amount of funding available; the estimated number of jobs expected to be created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24970/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I launched the call for proposals for Local Action Groups to deliver Axes 3 & 4 — the LEADER elements — of the Rural Development Programme on 20th May. The total funding available under the LEADER elements of the programme is €425.4 million, almost three times the amount available under the LEADER Programmes for the period 2000-2006. Axis 3 focuses on the quality of life in rural areas and diversification of the rural economy, while Axis 4 provides for the implementation of the LEADER approach to rural development through Local Action Groups who will deliver the measures in Axis 3.

The Programme measures under which funding will be provided for the 2007-2013 programming round, the amount of funding available for LEADER-type activity under each measure and the number of full-time equivalent jobs expected to be created are as follows: