Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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582. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount paid for rural development Leader projects to the Wicklow LAG by year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23140/18]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The current LEADER Programme covers the period 2014 to 2020 and the funding allocated to County Wicklow for this period is €6,336,549.

No project payments have been made to date in the Wicklow sub-regional area under the 2014-2020 LEADER programme. However, I understand that 17 projects with a value of over €313,000 have been approved for funding by the Wicklow Local Action Group (LAG) which administers the programme in the county, while a further 10 projects requesting over €481,000 in funding are at various stages in the approval process. Funding will be drawn down as these projects are completed and payment claims submitted. 

The amount paid for LEADER projects in County Wicklow since 2011 under the previous LEADER 2007–2013 programme is provided Table1 below.

Table 1: Project Payments to Wicklow LAG from 2011 under LEADER 2007-2013