Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the value of Leader projects currently awaiting approval by his Department for awards in excess of €150,000; if he will confirm the value of projects in this group that were submitted to his Department prior to 20 May 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50701/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, as agreed with the European Commission, stipulates that all projects in excess of €150,000 require prior approval from my Department. Currently 31 such projects, to the value of €9.5m, are at various stages of assessment and, of those, 12 projects to the value of €3,461,179 were received by my Department prior to 20 May 2013.