Pat Upton
Question:96 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the total numbers employed under the Leader programme in each county/administrative area at present.
Written Answers. - Leader Programme.
Pat Upton
Question:97 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the total number of people employed in the Leader 1 programme; and the number of long term sustainable jobs created under this programme since its inception.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 97 together.
The numbers employed by each Leader group are as follows:
|
Leader Group |
Number employed |
|
Arigna Catchment Area Community Co. |
4 |
|
Ballyhoura Failte Society Ltd. |
4 |
|
Barrow-Nore-Suir Rural Dev. Ltd. |
1 |
|
Cavan-Monaghan Rural Dev. Co-op. Society Ltd. |
3 |
|
Comhar Iorrais Teoranta |
5 |
|
CRESP South West Kerry Partnership |
4 |
|
Inishowen Community Development Group |
3 |
|
Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta |
3 |
|
Offaly County Development Team |
3 |
|
Rural Resource Development Ltd. |
9 |
|
Sth. West Mayo Rural Dev. Group |
5 |
|
Tipperary Leader Group |
4 |
|
Western Rural Development Co. |
Nil (directly) |
|
West Cork Leader Co-op/IRD Duhallow |
11 |
|
Wexford Organisation for Rural Dev. |
6 |
|
Wicklow Rural Enterprises Ltd. |
10 |
According to the Leader groups, some 500 jobs have been created to date and a further 1,700 are targeted during the remainder of the programme.