Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for the administration of the LEADER Programme in the Gaeltacht region of Erris, County Mayo; if he will confirm that the programme is currently being administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14769/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Gaeltacht area of North Mayo was formerly serviced by Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG) for the purposes of funding under Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP). MFG went into liquidation on 7 September 2011. Following a complex and difficult legal winding up process most Gaeltacht areas are now operational through Local Development Companies in geographically contiguous areas.

Progress is still on-going in the context of determining a delivery solution for RDP funding in the North Mayo Gaeltacht areas. My Department is currently examining a number of options and I expect to have a solution in place in the near future.