Written answers
Friday, 16 September 2016
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Leader Programmes Funding
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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947. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of restoring Leader funding to the level that was originally allocated under the 2007 to 2013 Rural Development Programme, by county, in tabular form; the amount of moneys expended to date, by county under the 2014 to 2020 Rural Development Programme; the 2016 allocation for Leader funding and total expenditure to date, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24697/16]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The original allocation for the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 was approximately €400m. The LEADER budget for the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme is €250m.
LEADER funding for the 2007-2013 programming period was provided through individual Local Action Groups for the areas identified in their local development strategies and therefore was not allocated on a county basis. Funding under the 2014-2020 LEADER programme is allocated to sub-regional areas.
The original allocation to each Local Action Group under the last programming period is provided on Table 1 below. These allocations were revised when the EU co-financing rate changed due to the financial crisis and this resulted in a decrease in the overall programme allocation. The revised allocation is provided in Table 2.
€40 million has been allocated in my Department’s Vote for payments under LEADER in 2016. This includes a provision for expenditure under the 2014-2020 programme, as well as outstanding commitments under the 2007-2013 programme. It also covers transitional funding for Local Action Groups and other programme delivery costs.
My Department has paid out €1,500,448 directly to Local Action Groups to-date under the LEADER 2014-2020 programme. Table 3 provides a breakdown of this expenditure on a sub-regional basis in 2015 and 2016.
Table 1: Original LEADER 2007 – 2013 LAG Allocations
LAG | Original Programme Allocation |
|---|---|
| Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Ltd. | 9,057,810 |
| Ballyhoura Development Ltd. | 11,673,519 |
| Carlow County Development Partnership Ltd | 8,878,177 |
| Cavan-Monaghan LEADER | 12,035,118 |
| Cill Dara Ar Aghaidh Teo | 12,282,448 |
| Clare Local Development Company Ltd. | 14,028,529 |
| Co Kilkenny LEADER Partnership | 11,523,729 |
| Co Wicklow Community Partnership | 11,135,560 |
| Co. Sligo LEADER Partnership Company Ltd | 10,888,673 |
| Comhar na nOileáin Teoranta | 4,642,415 |
| Donegal Local Development Company Ltd. | 12,831,901 |
| Fingal LEADER Partnership Co. | 7,766,780 |
| FORUM Connemara Ltd. | 9,668,965 |
| Galway Rural Development Company | 15,257,985 |
| Inishowen Development Partnership | 8,286,143 |
| IRD Duhallow Ltd. | 10,315,943 |
| Laois Community and Enterprise Dev | 10,993,608 |
| Leitrim Integrated Development Co Ltd | 10,845,497 |
| Longford Community Resources Ltd | 8,714,110 |
| Louth LEADER Partnership | 8,839,815 |
| Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Co. | 10,751,894 |
| Meath Community Rural and Social Dev. | 12,748,771 |
| North East Kerry LEADER Partnership Teo | 10,558,882 |
| North Tipperary LEADER Partnership | 9,708,008 |
| Offaly Integrated Local Dev Co. Ltd. | 11,520,489 |
| Roscommon Integrated Development Company | 12,838,021 |
| South and East Cork Area Dev Ltd. | 10,641,494 |
| South Kerry Development Ltd. | 12,370,667 |
| South Tipperary Local Development Co Ltd | 11,106,187 |
| South West Mayo Development Company Ltd | 12,150,007 |
| Waterford LEADER Partnership Ltd. | 10,558,519 |
| West Cork Development Partnership Ltd. | 14,601,149 |
| West Limerick Resources Ltd | 9,997,751 |
| Westmeath Community Development Ltd | 10,987,060 |
| Wexford Local Development | 12,515,565 |
| Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta | 17,278,809 |
| Overall Total | 399,999,998 |
Table 2: Revised LEADER 2007 – 2013 LAG allocations
LAG | Revised Allocation |
|---|---|
| Avondhu/ Blackwater Partnership Limited | 7,563,093 |
| Ballyhoura Development Limited | 18,832,677 |
| Carlow County Development Partnership | 7,619,278 |
| Cavan Partnership Ltd. & County Monaghan | 10,235,403 |
| Clare Local Development Company Limited | 16,175,841 |
| Comhar na nOileáin Teoranta | 7,218,571 |
| County Kilkenny LEADER Partnership Limited | 13,587,910 |
| County Sligo LEADER Partnership Company | 9,791,787 |
| Donegal Local Development Company Limited | 12,693,035 |
| Fingal LEADER Partnership | 6,488,129 |
| FORUM Connemara | 7,925,982 |
| Galway Rural Development Company Limited | 12,512,676 |
| I.R.D. Duhallow | 12,852,160 |
| Inishowen Development Partnership | 7,410,663 |
| Kildare (Cill Dara ar Aghaidh Teoranta) | 10,642,073 |
| Laois Community & Enterprise Development | 9,564,731 |
| Leitrim Integrated Development Company | 10,332,659 |
| Longford Community Resources Limited | 7,198,679 |
| Louth LEADER Partnership | 7,265,162 |
| Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company | 9,663,562 |
| Meath Partnership | 15,139,043 |
| Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta | 3,371,751 |
| North & East Kerry LEADER Partnership | 9,267,641 |
| North Tipperary LEADER Partnership Company | 12,917,884 |
| Offaly Integrated Local Development Company | 10,856,445 |
| Roscommon Integrated Development | 11,230,957 |
| South East Cork Area Development Limited | 10,600,928 |
| South Kerry Development Partnership Limited | 10,341,450 |
| South Tipperary Local Development Company | 12,515,649 |
| South West Mayo Development Company | 10,820,318 |
| Waterford LEADER Partnership Limited | 11,486,013 |
| West Cork Development Partnership | 13,481,280 |
| West Limerick Resources | 9,091,221 |
| Westmeath Community Development | 9,015,451 |
| Wexford Local Development | 11,919,814 |
| Wicklow Partnership | 9,128,172 |
| Total | 376,758,090 |
Table 3: Expenditure on LEADER 2014 – 2020 Programme
| Sub-regional area | Payments 2015 | Payments 2016 | Total Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 20,000.00 | 0.00 | 20,000.00 |
| Cavan | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 |
| Clare | 71,000.00 | 112,335.54 | 183,335.54 |
| North Cork | 15,000.00 | 0 | 15,000.00 |
| West Cork | 135,240.20 | 0 | 135,240.20 |
| South Cork | 65,000.00 | 0 | 65,000.00 |
| Donegal | 57,594.44 | 0.00 | 57,594.44 |
| Rural Dublin | 55,000.00 | 0.00 | 55,000.00 |
| County Galway | 75,000.00 | 0.00 | 75,000.00 |
| Kerry | 15,000.00 | 1,343.70 | 16,343.70 |
| Kildare | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 |
| Kilkenny | 54,725.00 | 92,570.00 | 147,295.00 |
| Laois | 25,000.00 | 7,882.38 | 32,882.38 |
| Leitrim | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 25,000.00 |
| County Limerick | 22,187.00 | 0.00 | 22,187.00 |
| Longford | 30,000.00 | 0.00 | 30,000.00 |
| Louth | 28,000.00 | 0.00 | 28,000.00 |
| Mayo | 107,000.00 | 12,238.12 | 119,238.12 |
| Meath | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 40,000.00 |
| Monaghan | 58,296.00 | 0.00 | 58,296.00 |
| Offaly | 30,000.00 | 0.00 | 30,000.00 |
| Roscommon | 58,212.61 | 0.00 | 58,212.61 |
| Sligo | 15,000.00 | 0.00 | 15,000.00 |
| Tipperary | 20,000.00 | 0 | 20,000.00 |
| County Waterford | 63,430.00 | 11,997.28 | 75,427.28 |
| Westmeath | 25,500.00 | 102.22 | 25,602.22 |
| Wexford | 15,000.00 | 0 | 15,000.00 |
| Wicklow | 25,000.00 | 10,793.81 | 35,793.81 |
| TOTAL | 1,251,185.25 | 249,263.05 | 1,500,448.30 |
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