Written answers
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
Leader Programmes
9:00 pm
Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 522: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the inability of the Leader programme to fund food-related labour intensive projects under the Axis 3 criteria, if he will take the necessary steps to resolve the matter by transferring the appropriate funding to the Axis 1 programme to facilitate the funding of these projects and ensure the jobs potential is harnessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18264/11]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Exchequer funding for Ireland's Rural Development Programme [RDP] is provided by my Department and by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government. Responsibility for funding the Leader programme rests with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. I understand there is a legal difficulty in transferring funding, however, for Leader projects under Axis 3 and 4 to Axis 1.
My Department continues to work closely with their colleagues in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to resolve this issue bearing in mind the funding constraints.
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