Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a Leader grant in respect of an event (details supplied). [38647/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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My Department is responsible for ensuring that funding provided through the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) is delivered in an efficient and effective way. Systems within the Department involve the checking of projects to ensure that the claimed expenditure is verifiably correct. The claim for reimbursement for the project detailed in the question was selected for inspection by the Inspection Services Division (ISD) of my Department. There were several findings arising from the inspection and it has taken some time to address these findings. However, I can confirm that as soon as all of the findings outlined in the inspection report are addressed the claim for reimbursement will be processed for payment.