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Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Department of Rural and Community Development

Leader Programmes Expenditure

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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1190. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of all projects approved by each LAG under the Leader programme; the amount expended on projects by each LAG under the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25079/18]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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LEADER is a multi-annual EU co-funded programme to support rural development. Ireland has an allocation of €250 million under the programme over the period 2014-2020, including both national and EU funding. The programme is administered by Local Action Groups (LAGs) which deliver funding in accordance with Local Development Strategies that have been agreed for each LAG area.

As of 4th June 2018, 1,020 projects with a value of over €29.2 million had been approved for LEADER funding by the LAGs. A further 325 projects requesting over €19 million in funding were at various stages in the approvals process. This funding will be drawn down as projects start to incur expenditure and submit payment claims.

Project payments amounting to €2,605,663 were made to June 4th 2018. A breakdown of approvals and project expenditure by LAG is provided on Table 1 below.

While the pace of approvals varies between Local Action Groups, I am confident that the progress now being made by the LAGs in approving projects, along with the administrative improvements which my Department introduced last year, will result in a continued increase in project approvals and payments under the LEADER programme over the coming months.

Table 1

Local Action Group
No of Projects Approved
Value of Projects Approved
No of Project Claims Paid
Value of Project Claims Paid
Carlow 15 €1,051,1316 €299,930.07
Cavan 15 €834,3541 €3,401.23
Clare 69 €1,331,07912 €104,790.12
Cork North 29 €1,076,4791 €51,496.78
Cork South 14 €458,6980 €0.00
Cork West 17 €619,6590 €0.00
Donegal76 €2,678,48819 €281,248.10
Dublin Rural 27 €708,8304 €59,457.06
Galway East 3 €29,0770 €0.00
Galway West 18 €295,4460 €0.00
Kerry 133 €2,354,8356 €167,531.93
Kildare12 €346,7810 €0.00
Kilkenny40 €1,046,2639 €102,718.16
Laois 33 €653,3872 €24,712.50
Leitrim21 €552,2711 €74,834.23
Limerick57 €2,194,4320 €0.00
Longford27 €503,7560 €0.00
Louth 26 €479,1105 €37,624.25
Mayo 56 €1,862,19516 €203,502.42
Meath 12 €337,3943 €16,497.70
Monaghan20 €1,022,2623 €136,507.90
Offaly 52 €1,052,65425 €269,254.55
Roscommon14 €404,6540 €0.00
Sligo 40 €1,250,9998 €265,231.08
Tipperary66 €1,697,0293 €88,959.94
Waterford33 €2,210,0007 €342,653.63
Westmeath31 €473,4603 €11,643.66
Wexford47 €1,441,0573 €63,667.86
Wicklow17 €313,2740 €0.00
Grand Total1,020 €29,279,057137 €2,605,663.17

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