Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money available for projects under the Leader programme 2007-2013; the total spend to date on projects; the total spend this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19028/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The current value of the Axes 3 and 4 LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 is €370 million. In addition, €5 million has been provided for an Axis 1 Agri-food measure. Of this, up to a maximum of 20% may be spent on administration expenses leaving a minimum of 80% of the funding available for projects and animation expenses.

To date, €198 million has been spent on projects, €12 million on animation and €54 million has been spent on administration expenses giving a total of €264 million.

The overall spend to date in 2014 is €17 million and I would expect this to increase steadily over the coming months.

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made by him on the level of co-funding for the Leader programme 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19029/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I expect to be in a position to formally announce the funding arrangements for the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2014 – 2020 shortly.