Written Answers. - Leader Programme Applications.
John V. Farrelly
Question:
171
Mr. Farrelly
asked the
Minister for Agriculture and Food
the number of applications which have been received in his Department under the Leader programme from each county throughout the country; the number which have been approved; the total amount of grants approved per county; the total number of permanent jobs which will be created through the above programme; if he has satisfied himself with the progress to date made under this scheme; the plans, if any, he has to improve the present scheme; and, if so, when they will be announced.
Applications received under the Leader programme were as follows:
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County
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Number of applications (see notes below)
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Carlow
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1 (f)
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Cavan
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1 (a)
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Clare
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1
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Cork
|
7 (e), (g), (j), (l)
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Donegal
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4 (e) (j), (l)
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Dublin
|
—
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Galway
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5 (e), (j), (k), (l)
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Kerry
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5 (e), (j), (l)
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Kildare
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4 (b), (f), (h)
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Kilkenny
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1 (f)
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Laois
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2 (h)
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Leitrim
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1 (d)
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Limerick
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1 (g)
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Longford
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1
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Louth
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1
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Mayo
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7 (c), (e), (j), (k), (l)
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Meath
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4 (b), (e)
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Monaghan
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2 (a)
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Offaly
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3 (b), (h)
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Roscommon
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2 (d), (k)
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Sligo
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2 (c), (k)
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Tipperary
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2 (f)
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Waterford
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2 (e)
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Westmeath
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2 (b)
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Wexford
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1
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Wicklow
|
1
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——
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34*
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* Notes
While 34 individual applications were submitted, many of them covered areas of more than one county as follows:
(a) joint Cavan and Monaghan
(b) rural parts of Kildare, Meath, Offaly and Westmeath
(c) parts of Mayo and Sligo
(d) joint Leitrim and Roscommon
(e) Gaeltacht areas
(f) parts of Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary and South Kildare
(g) parts of Cork and Limerick
(h) joint Kildare, Laois and Offaly
(j) off-shore islands of Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry and Mayo
(k) parts of Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo
(l) islands/coastal areas of Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry and Mayo
A total of 16 groups have been approved for funding under Leader as follows:
Rural Resource Development Ltd., South Boundary, Shannon, County Clare.
Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta, f/ch Roinn na Gaeltachta, Na Forbacha, Gaillimh, Contae na Gaillimhe.
Western Rural Development Co., c/o NCF, Ballina Road, Tubbercurry, County Sligo.
Barrow-Nore-Suir Rural Development Ltd., 20 Patrick Street, Kilkenny.
Ballyhoura Fáilte Society Ltd., Education Centre, Kilfinane, County Limerick.
Inishowen Community Development Group, Carndonagh, Inishowen, County Donegal.
Comhar Iorrais Teo., Belmullet, County Mayo.
Wicklow Rural Enterprises Ltd., Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow.
Wexford Organisation for Rural Development Ltd., c/o Waterford Foods plc, Campile, New Ross, County Wexford.
Cavan-Monaghan Rural Development Co-op Society Ltd., c/o Teagasc, Ballyhaise, County Cavan.
Arigna Catchment Area Community Co., Drumduss North, Drumshanbo, County Leitrim.
IRD Duhallow/West Cork Leader Co-op., c/o Teagasc, Farranlea Road, Cork.
South West Mayo Rural Development Group, c/o Castlebar Community Development Association, Moneen Enterprise Centre, McHale Road, Castlebar, County Mayo.
Offaly County Development Team, Courthouse, Tullamore, County Offaly.
CRESP South Kerry Action, Community Office, IDA Industrial Estate, Valentia Road, Cahirciveen, County Kerry.
Tipperary Enterprise, 43 Parnell Street, Clonmel, County Tipperary.
The total grant aid involved is £35 million (£21 million EC and £14 million national) which will be matched by a roughly similar sum to be raised by the groups themselves. As the allocation of funds within their operational areas will be a matter for the groups themselves, it is not possible to give a break-down of grants on a county basis.
The number of jobs to be created under the Leader programme will depend on the nature of the investments to be undertaken by the groups who will commence operating shortly.
Leader is the EC's own initiative on rural development, which runs to the end of 1993. Any similar initiative after that time will depend on an evaluation of the current programme.
