Ray Butler (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that has been allocated to a project (details supplied), to include all funding allocated to the community groups involved; the names of these groups; the net amount allocated to each of them; the amount of funding that was spent on consultants for each community project; and the administration costs of each project and-or the total administration cost of all of these projects. [47189/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The project referred to in the question was a strategic initiative under the Rural Development Programme 2007–2013 implemented by Meath Partnership and involving 10 rural villages in Co Meath. A consultant was engaged to work with each village over an 18 month period to produce community-led village development plans. The consultancy fee was €59,129 and was a collective figure for all ten villages.

On foot of these plans, community groups in 8 of the villages submitted applications to Meath Partnership to fund various projects. In excess of €655,000 in LEADER funding was allocated to various community projects in respect of 6 of the groups, with an additional €230,000 on a reserve list in respect of 2 others, should any additional funding become available. The administration of the project cost €12,236 and included room hire, media and promotion, design costs, printing, production of village entry signs and website costs.

Details of the funding allocated, the names of the groups and the net amount allocated to each of them are detailed in the following table.