John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when new applications for funding may be made to North East Leader Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52612/12]

John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the outcome of an investigation into the procedures used by North East Leader Company and the effects it is having on the allocation of funding to projects in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52613/12]

John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the backlog of applications of funding of projects for local communities to North East Leader will be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52614/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 482 to 484, inclusive, together.

Mayo North East Leader Partnership (MNELP) is the Local Action Group contracted by my Department to deliver both the Rural Development Programme (RDP) and the Local Community Development Programme (LCDP) to the North Mayo area.

On foot of correspondence I received in 2011 regarding a possible governance issue at Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company, I directed my Department to investigate the matter. This investigation is complex but advanced, and approval of projects under the LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme is currently suspended pending its completion. My Department will act on the recommendations of the investigation as soon as is possible following its completion and is committed to providing the resources of the Rural Development Programme (LEADER) to the area going forward.