Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated for projects under the current Leader programme; the amount spent to date, including to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25087/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The current value of the Axes 3 and 4 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. Up to a maximum of 20% of the total expenditure can be used to defray administration expenses leaving a minimum of 80% of the funding available for projects and animation expenses. To date, €205.7 million has been spent on projects, €12 million on animation expenses and €55.2 million on administration giving a total of €273 million.

The overall spend to date in 2014 is €29.1 million and I expect this to increase steadily over the coming months.