Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the status of an application for funding under the LEADER programme for a community group (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will outline an expectant time-frame for the processing of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3684/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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In line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach to rural development under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, there are 35 Local Action Groups (LAGs) contracted, on my Department’s behalf, to deliver the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) throughout the country. The LAG for the area referred to in the question is Mayo North East LEADER Partnership (MNELP). The LAGs are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are made in the context of the local development strategy of the individual groups and in line with Programme’s Operating Rules and EU regulations.

MNELP ha s submitted the application for funding for this project to my Department for review and I understand this review will be completed later this week.