Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the LEADER and RDN funding distributed in County Meath in the past five years; the amount available for 2013; the other funding streams available for local community groups and or sporting groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7939/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 , for which my Department has responsibility, continue to facilitate access to significant financial resources for rural communities. One of the objectives of the RDP is to identify and provide appropriate facilities to local communities not otherwise available to them. Accordingly, it may be possible to obtain funding under the RDP for the type of local community and sports groups referred to in the Question.

There are 35 Local Action Groups contracted, on my Department’s behalf, to deliver the RDP throughout the country and these groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. €105 million has been allocated nationally for LEADER activities in 2013.

The table details the funds paid under the LEADER + and the RDP programme from 2008 to date for projects undertaken in County Meath.