Written answers
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Departmental Programmes
9:00 pm
Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 814: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of rural development funding paid out here the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; the proportion of this money which went to County Mayo; the bodies administering these funds; and the proportion of the funding was administered by each body. [34049/09]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Within my Department, the main programmes delivering rural development funding include the CLÁR Programme, the Rural Social Scheme and the LEADER Programmes (now part of the Rural Development Programme 2009 — 2013).
The funding provided under these programmes, both nationally and for County Mayo for the years in question, is set out in the following tables:
The funding provided under these programmes, both nationally and for County Mayo for the years in question, is set out in the following tables:
| CLÁR Programme | ||
| Year_Total CLÁR funding | CLÁR funding in Co.Mayo | |
| 2006 | €23,015,541.33 | €3,478,687.64 |
| 2007 | €21,329,361.58 | €5,434,527.33 |
| 2008 | €24,178,471.46 | €4,297,180.68 |
| Total | €68,523,374.37 | €13,210,395 |
| Rural Social Scheme | |||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Groups covering Mayo | |||
| South West Mayo Development Ltd. | €2,743,129.00 | €3,385,251.00 | €3,474,941 |
| Western Rural Development Ltd | €3,687,910.00 | €4,479,785.00 | €4,654,117.00 |
| Comhar Iorrais LEADER Teo | €313,890.00 | €428,151.00 | €408,982.00 |
| Meitheal Forbatha NA Gaeltachta Teo (MFG) | €3,076,364.00 | €3,804,270.00 | €3,942,854.00 |
| *Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann | €286,300 | €319,473.00 | €334,317.00 |
| *Údarás na Gaeltachta | €2,970,464.00 | €3,427,883.00 | €3,570,523.00 |
| Total funding for groups covering Co. Mayo | €13,078,057.00 | €15,844,813.00 | €16,385,734.00 |
| Total National Funding | €38,604,429.00 | €46,955,606.00 | €48,576,974.00 |
| LEADER Programmes | ||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||||
| LEADER + | NRDP | LEADER + | NRDP | LEADER+ | NRDP | |
| South West Mayo Development Company Ltd. | N/A | €487,979 | N/A | €325,577 | N/A | €117,384 |
| **Western Rural Development Ltd. | €808,612 | €263,018 | €401,014 | €94,838 | €39,879 | €46,794 |
| Comhar Iorrais Leader Teo. | N/A | €379,835 | N/A | €347,246 | N/A | €449,747 |
| **MFG | N/A | €56,492 | N/A | €53,360 | N/A | €5,043 |
| **Comhdhail Oileáin na hEireann | N/A | €141,054 | N/A | €51,872 | N/A | €0 |
| Total for Mayo | €808,612 | €1,328,378 | €401,014 | €872,893 | €39,879 | €618,968 |
| National Programme Total | €17,120,696 | €15,952,742 | €10,024,280 | €6,818,114 | €2,902,834 | €3,047,894 |
N/A= Not applicable. LEADER+ was only delivered by Western Rural Development in Co Mayo. NRDP = National Rural Development Programme.
* Údarás na Gaeltachta, MFG and Comhdhail Oileáin na hEireann cover areas both inside and outside of Mayo; the funding indicated for these Groups is the full funding provided, covering both Co. Mayo and other areas.
** Under the LEADER Programmes, the amounts in respect of Western Rural Development Ltd, MFG & Comhdhail Oileáin na hEireann relate to Mayo only.
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