Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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1759. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure by project and administration incurred under the 2007-2013 LEADER programme in each year of the period and as of 31 August 2012; the value of projects that had been approved under the programme to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36891/19]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Table 1 below provides a breakdown of the expenditure by project and administration costs under the 2007-2013 LEADER programme for each of the years 2007-2012. It is not practicable to provide details as of 31^stAugust 2012, but the figures on the table reflect the position as of 31^stDecember each year.

Table 2 below provides the number and value of project approvals under the 2007-2013 LEADER programme for each of the years 2007-2013, as of 31^stDecember each year. All projects had to be approved before 31st December 2013. However, payments to projects could continue for a further two years, as the projects were completed.

It should be noted that no projects were approved, or expenditure incurred, in the first two years of the LEADER 2007-2013 programming period.LEADER is an EU-wide programme and, as can often be the case with such programmes, activity increases progressively over the course of the programme period.

Table 1:LEADER Project & Administration Expenditure for the period 2007-2012

Table 2: LEADER Project Approvals for the period 2007-2013