James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 326: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding forwarded to a company (details supplied) from 1 January to 30 September 2009; the amount of a shortfall there is from his press statement announcement in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40457/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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In 2008, I announced an overall Programme allocation under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 for each Local Action Group chosen to deliver the Programme. Expenditure under the Programme is due to be completed during 2015.

Delivery of Axis 3 and Axis 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 commenced in February 2009.

Each group was given an allocation for 2009 for both project and administration activities. This was followed by indicative project funding allocations for 2010 and 2011. It will not be possible to determine the final 2010 allocation until the completion of the current estimates process.

It is envisaged that additional funding will be allocated to all Local Action Groups as the need arises and as exchequer resources permit, up to the value of each group's overall allocation over the lifetime of the Programme.

The figures in the following table indicate the current financial status of the company in the context of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 to date:

The Deputy has also requested information regarding any other funding provided by my Department to this company for the period in question. The following table contains this information.