Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The LEADER Programme is a key intervention of Our Rural Future, the Government’s Policy for rural development.

The programme is delivered through Local Action Groups(LAGs) and is based on a community-led approach to rural development. It supports a broad range of activities that aim to respond to the needs of our rural areas over the lifetime of the policy. LEADER plays an important role in supporting communities and enterprises in progressing job creation, social inclusion and environmental projects at local level.

The Carlow Local Community Development Committee has been selected as the LAG to deliver the 2023-2027 Programme with Carlow County Council acting as the Lead Financial Partner. Carlow Local Development will be the Implementing Partner. This is the same LAG that has successfully delivered the previous programme.

Funding of over €4.9m is being made available in Carlow for the 2023-2027 LEADER Programme.

I look forward to the implementation of the new LEADER Programme and am confident that it will continue to build on the success of LEADER over the last 30 years.