Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide on a county basis, the administrative costs of existing LEADER Groups for 2013/14 in terms of a percentage of the overall cost of LEADER programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32095/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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It is not possible to provide precise administration costs in relation to the Axes 3 and 4 (LEADER) elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007 – 2013 (RDP) for 2013/2014 at this time as this will be based on the actual expenditure of the Local Development Companies (LDCs) during the 2013/2014 period.

The Regulations under which the LEADER elements of the RDP operate allow for up to 20% of the total RDP expenditure per LDC to be spent on administration. This is the maximum allowable and all LDCs have been notified that in the interests of efficiency and effectiveness they should aim to come well below this.

The table below details the revised allocation per LDC and the maximum administration allowable under the Programme for its operational years i.e. 2009-2014. If the revised allocations change in the future the maximum administration allocation allowable under the Programme will also be amended.