Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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71. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cé mhéid airgid atá fágtha le ceadú ag Comhar na nOileán Teo. faoin gClár Leader, miondealaithe idir Oileáin agus mórthír Chonamara agus de réir na míreanna sa gClár; cén uair a bheidh cead acu an t-airgead seo a cheadú; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20458/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Following a thorough examination of project activity under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) I announced, on 24 April 2013, the lifting of the embargo on project approvals. The completion of this review has facilitated the immediate issuing of RDP contracts for approximately €42 million worth of projects which have been approved by the Boards of the Local Development Companies (LDCs) and have all the necessary approvals in place.

The LDCs contracted to deliver the LEADER elements of the RDP have been allowed two weeks to notify my Department as to whether all of the projects within this €42 million are ready to proceed. Once this exercise is complete my Department will then be in a position to establish the remaining balance of funding in the RDP and will notify each LDC, including Comhar na nOilean, of their allocation to the end of the Programme. A specific amount of the funding, the amount of which will be determined as part of this final allocation process, will be allocated to Gaeltacht areas including those in Co Galway. This funding will address projects previously approved for funding by MFG as a priority with any outstanding allocations distributed by relevant LDCs to new Gaeltacht projects.