Written answers
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Department of Rural and Community Development
Departmental Funding
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that is available to transition year groups in rural communities with regard to projects that support sustainability in their local area in County Roscommon particularly funding sources which are immediately available or currently open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53129/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Supporting the development of resilient and sustainable communities is at the heart of my Department's mission and, as part of that, we are working with local communities to help Ireland's transition to a low carbon, sustainable and climate resilient society through the wide range of programmes, supports and initiatives we deliver.
While we do not provide direct funding to transition year groups in rural communities at present, my Department is increasing awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals through the Tidy Towns Competition with the alignment of categories in the 2021 Tidy Towns Competition to the Sustainable Development Goals, including those related to Climate Action.
My Department also provides relevant supports through the Dormant Accounts Fund, through the Social Enterprise and Social Innovation Fund measures, and the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme. Grants to applicants have included those for providing home insulation services, reducing our food waste, sustainable energy actions, bee-keeping and training in thermal insulation installation.
Additionally, programmes such as the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme support the diversification of the rural economy and the effective use of communities' areas of natural heritage, creating employment opportunities associated with local tourism projects such as Greenways and Blueways and through funding for enterprise hubs and other projects.
My Department will continue to keep each of the schemes and programmes we administer under review, to ensure they complement the overall objectives of sustainability.
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1265. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the funding allocation for Leader for 2023-2027 will be confirmed given the recent announcement under Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Fund of €180 million for Leader from 2023 is an indicative allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53148/21]
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1267. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way the indicative allocation of €250 million for Leader from 2023-2027 under Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy compares with previous periods; if the indicated allocation is taken as correct, if Leader funding has increased for the period 2023-2027 in comparison with the 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 periods and transition programme period of 2021-2023 respectively; if she will provide the data on Leader allocations for each period in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53150/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1265 and 1267 together.
The LEADER programme is a key intervention implemented by my Department which will help to underpin the Government's rural development goals as outlined in Our Rural Future.
The programme is co-funded by the EU under Pillar II the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is Ireland's Managing Authority for the CAP and thus has lead responsibility for negotiations of the new CAP which is to be introduced from 2023.
An indicative allocation of €180 million has been made to the LEADER Programme for the 2023-2027 period as part of the new CAP Strategic Plan. In conjunction with the funding of €70 million for the LEADER Transitional Programme announced earlier this year, this indicative allocation will result in total funding of €250 million being made available for LEADER over the period 2021 – 2027. This allocation maintains the level of funding provided for the 2014-2020 programming period. Table 1 below gives a breakdown on the LEADER allocations for the periods as requested by the Deputy. It should be noted that the original allocations for LEADER in the 2007-2013 period were revised on foot of the agreement with the EU Commission of a formal amendment to the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme - both allocations are included in the table below.
A draft of the CSP is due to be submitted by DAFM to the European Commission early 2022, and a formal negotiation and agreement process will then commence on all elements of the CSP, including the financial allocations across all the proposed schemes contained in the CSP. As this process develops, consultation with stakeholders will continue.
Table 1: LEADER Programme Allocations
Programming Period | Allocation |
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2007-2013 (Original) | €399,999,998 |
2007-2013 (Revised) | €376,758,090 |
2014-2020 | €250,000,000 |
2021-2022 (Transitional) | € 70,000,000 |
2023-2027 | €180,000,000 |
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1266. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way the €70 million allocated by her Department with regard to the existing LEADER transition programme until 2023 will be allocated for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53149/21]
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1268. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding for the LEADER and LEADER transition programme by county for the periods 2007 to 2013, 2014 to 2020 and 2021 to 2023, in tabular form; and the breakdown of LEADER funding by county in each year since 2014. [53151/21]
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1269. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocation per local action group for the periods 2007 to 2013, 2014 to 2020 and 2021 to 2023 with regard to LEADER and the LEADER transition programme in tabular form; and the LEADER funding allocations to each group in each year since 2014. [53152/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1266, 1268 and 1269 together.
The original allocation for the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 was almost €400 million.
LEADER funding for the 2007-2013 programming period was not allocated based on county boundaries but to individual Local Action Groups (LAGs) on completion of the Local Development Strategy process. The allocations were revised in 2013 on foot of the formal amendment of the Rural Development Programme, resulting in a decrease in the overall programme allocation.
Table 1 below provides a breakdown of the 2007-2013 Programme allocations, including the original and revised allocations.
The 2014-2020 LEADER programme had a total allocation of €250 million. €225 million of this budget was allocated directly to the LAGs who deliver the programme and approve projects at local level. Funding was allocated to each LAG for the full duration of the Programme to give greater flexibility to the LAGs to manage their resources.
The balance of €25 million is provided for thematic projects which are approved at national level.
In December 2020, I launched the Transitional LEADER Programme, which came into effect from 1 April 2021 and will run to the end of 2022. A total of €70 million has been made available over this programming period. €65 million of this budget is available to LAGs who deliver the programme and approve projects at local level. This funding is distributed between the LAGs on a pro-rata basis, commensurate with the allocations made at the start of the 2014-2020 LEADER programme.
A further €3 million of the funding has been allocated to support Co-operation projects and innovation between LAGs, while the remaining €2 million is being provided to support strategy development for the next LEADER programme.
Table 2 below provides details of the LAG allocations for the 2014-2020 and Transitional LEADER Programmes.
The new LEADER programme will commence in 2023. I recently announced the indicative allocation for the new LEADER programme of €180m. Taken together with the €70m secured for the transitional programme this gives a total funding allocation of €250m for the originally envisaged 7 year programming period from 2021- 2027.
Table 1: LEADER 2007-2013 programme allocations
Local Action Group | Original Allocation | Revised Allocation |
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Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Ltd. | €9,057,810 | €7,563,093 |
Ballyhoura Development Ltd. | €11,673,519 | €18,832,677 |
Carlow County Development Partnership Ltd | €8,878,177 | €7,619,278 |
Cavan-Monaghan LEADER | €12,035,118 | €10,235,403 |
Cill Dara Ar Aghaidh Teo | €12,282,448 | €10,642,073 |
Clare Local Development Company Ltd. | €14,028,529 | €16,175,841 |
Co. Kilkenny LEADER Partnership | €11,523,729 | €13,587,910 |
Co. Wicklow Community Partnership | €11,135,560 | €9,128,172 |
Co. Sligo LEADER Partnership Company Ltd | €10,888,673 | €9,791,787 |
Comhar na nOileáin Teoranta | €4,642,415 | €7,218,571 |
Donegal Local Development Company Ltd. | €12,831,901 | €12,693,035 |
Fingal LEADER Partnership Co. | €7,766,780 | €6,488,129 |
FORUM Connemara Ltd. | €9,668,965 | €7,925,982 |
Galway Rural Development Company | €15,257,985 | €12,512,676 |
Inishowen Development Partnership | €8,286,143 | €7,410,663 |
IRD Duhallow Ltd. | €10,315,943 | €12,852,160 |
Laois Community and Enterprise Dev | €10,993,608 | €9,564,731 |
Leitrim Integrated Development Co Ltd | €10,845,497 | €10,332,659 |
Longford Community Resources Ltd | €8,714,110 | €7,198,679 |
Louth LEADER Partnership | €8,839,815 | €7,265,162 |
Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Co. | €10,751,894 | €9,663,562 |
Meath Community Rural and Social Dev. | €12,748,771 | €15,139,043 |
North East Kerry LEADER Partnership Teo | €10,558,882 | €9,267,641 |
North Tipperary LEADER Partnership | €9,708,008 | €12,917,884 |
Offaly Integrated Local Dev Co. Ltd. | €11,520,489 | €10,856,445 |
Roscommon Integrated Development Company | €12,838,021 | €11,230,957 |
South and East Cork Area Dev Ltd. | €10,641,494 | €10,600,928 |
South Kerry Development Ltd. | €12,370,667 | €10,341,450 |
South Tipperary Local Development Co Ltd | €11,106,187 | €12,515,649 |
South West Mayo Development Company Ltd | €12,150,007 | €10,820,318 |
Waterford LEADER Partnership Ltd. | €10,558,519 | €11,486,013 |
West Cork Development Partnership Ltd. | €14,601,149 | €13,481,280 |
West Limerick Resources Ltd | €9,997,751 | €9,091,221 |
Westmeath Community Development Ltd | €10,987,060 | €9,015,451 |
Wexford Local Development | €12,515,565 | €11,919,814 |
Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta* | €17,278,809 | €3,371,751 |
Overall Total | €399,999,998 | €376,758,090 |
*Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG) went into liquidation in 2012
Table 2: Funding Allocations for the 2014-2020 and 2021-2022 LEADER Programmes
Local Action Group | LEADER 2014-2020 Allocation | LEADER 2021-2022 Allocation |
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Carlow | €6,416,803 | €1,895,874 |
Cavan | €9,022,286 | €2,517,948 |
Clare | €8,920,225 | €2,635,521 |
Cork North | €5,591,846 | €1,504,409 |
Cork South | €3,831,303 | €1,131,976 |
Cork West | €5,015,674 | €1,481,904 |
Donegal | €13,413,878 | €3,815,464 |
Dublin Rural | €6,370,438 | €1,882,175 |
Galway East | €7,655,851 | €2,261,956 |
Galway West | €4,540,033 | €1,341,373 |
Kerry | €10,719,868 | €3,019,507 |
Kildare | €5,261,600 | €1,554,564 |
Kilkenny | €7,791,573 | €2,302,056 |
Laois | €7,124,587 | €2,104,992 |
Leitrim | €6,498,475 | €1,772,277 |
Limerick | €9,776,594 | €2,740,812 |
Longford | €7,597,623 | €2,244,752 |
Louth | €6,101,862 | €1,802,823 |
Mayo | €11,621,432 | €3,285,878 |
Meath | €6,903,124 | €2,039,559 |
Monaghan | €7,592,720 | €2,243,303 |
Offaly | €8,536,761 | €2,374,498 |
Roscommon | €8,852,659 | €2,615,558 |
Sligo | €7,655,648 | €2,261,896 |
Tipperary | €10,603,443 | €2,985,108 |
Waterford | €8,022,796 | €2,222,644 |
Westmeath | €7,384,206 | €2,181,697 |
Wexford | €9,840,141 | €2,907,314 |
Wicklow | €6,336,549 | €1,872,162 |
Total | €225,000,000 | €65,000,000 |
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1270. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an overview of funding allocations under the LEADER+ programme from 2000 to 2006, by county and local action group or equivalent in tabular form for this period. [53155/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The LEADER + Programme which operated from 2000 to 2006 had a total allocation of €72 million and was delivered by 22 Local Action Groups (LAGs) throughout the country.
Table 1 below provides a breakdown of the LEADER allocations for the LEADER + period.
Table 1 - Local Action Group Allocations 2000 – 2006
LAG | Allocation |
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Ballyhoura Development | €3,311,251.00 |
Blackwater Resource Development | €2,976,875.00 |
Barrow Nore Suir Rural Development | €3,968,393.00 |
Dongal Local Development Company | €3,903,463.00 |
IRD Duhallow | €2,739,252.00 |
Inishowen Rural Development Co. | €2,418,206.00 |
Kildare European LEADER Teo | €3,959,105.00 |
Laois LEADER Rural Dev. Co. | €3,279,516.00 |
Longford Community Resources Ltd. | €2,485,373.00 |
Louth LEADER | €3,168,832.00 |
Mid South Roscommon Rural Dev. Co. | €2,294,191.00 |
Offaly LEADER II Co. | €3,373,222.00 |
Sligo Co. LEADER Partnership | €2,963,717.00 |
South Kerry Dev. Partnership | €3,029,508.00 |
Tipperary LEADER Group Ltd. | €4,025,670.00 |
Rural Dublin LEADER Company | €2,318,384.12 |
Waterford Development Partnership | €2,983,841.00 |
West Cork Co-op Society | €5,178,184.00 |
Western Rural Development Company | €3,532,620.00 |
Westmeath Community Development Co. | €2,854,752.00 |
Wexford Org. for Rural Dev. | €3,734,639.00 |
Wicklow Rural Partnership | €3,601,508.00 |
Total | €72,100,502.12 |
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