Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Departmental Programmes
8:00 pm
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the spend to date in 2011 on the Leader programme. [35821/11]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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A breakdown of expenditure for 2011 under the Axis 3 and Axis 4(LEADER) elements of the Rural Development Programme is set out in the table.
| Rural Development Programme Measure | Expenditure01/01/2011 to 17/11/2011 |
| 311 | Diversification into Non-Agricultural Activity€1,146,150.45 |
| 312 | Business Creation and Development €2,682,882.60 |
| 313 | Encouragement of Tourism Activities€3,860,070.74 |
| 321 | Basic Services for the Economy and Rural Population€6,941,390.79 |
| 322 | Village Renewal and Development€3,481,596.38 |
| 323 | Conservation and Upgrading of the Rural Heritage€1,623,411.40 |
| 331 | Training and Information€2,386,531.59 |
| 341 | Skill Acquisition, animation and implementation of local development strategies€271,608.53 |
| 421 | Implementing Cooperation Projects€525,284.36 |
| 431 | Running the LAG€11,326,488.00 |
| Total€34,245,414.84 |
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give assurances that the money agreed for the Leader programme between 2007 and 2013 will be maintained. [35822/11]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Funding of €427m is available under Axes 3 and 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. In line with European policy the programme is permitted a further two years, to the end of 2015, to realise approved commitments as expenditure. In this context it remains the aim of my Department to provide adequate allocations on an annual basis to achieve full commitment by the end of 2013 and spend by end of 2015. However, all funding decisions related to programmes delivered by my Department will be made in the context of the overall national budgetary situation and will be dealt in the estimates process each year of the programme.
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