Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangement made to issue grant payments approved by Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta to an applicant (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26333/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG) was contracted by my Department to deliver the Rural Development Programme (RDP) as well as implementing other programmes on behalf of my and other Departments. I can confirm that both of the applications for funding referred to in the Question relate to the RDP and are at an advanced stage in the application process.

There are complex legal and contractual issues to be resolved and my Department is currently working on both long and short term solutions to ensure the continued delivery of the Rural Development Programme and other programmes in Gaeltacht Areas. My intention is to find a solution that will be efficient and effective and applied at the earliest possible opportunity.