Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a Leader application (details supplied in County Mayo); the reason for the delay in deciding on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30778/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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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, the Local Action Groups (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 the Programme’s Operating Rules and EU regulations. The LAG for the area referred to in the question is Mayo North East LEADER Partnership (MNELP).

I understand that the project in question was subject to a n additional public procurement process and that it will be submitted to my Department for review in the coming weeks.