Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 February 2013
173. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding provided under the current Leader programme for projects; the amount committed to date and the amount spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5590/13]
View answerThe following table outlines the requested information as at 29 January 2013. In late 2011 the European Commission approved a change in co-funding rates for Rural Development Programmes (RDP) for countries that are part of the Financial Stabilisation Mechanism. This change enabled Ireland to increase the co-financing rate from 55% to 85% under the Axes 3 and 4 elements of the RDP and came into force on 1 January 2012.
The change involves an increase in the co-financing rate to 85% for 2012 and 2013 without a concomitant increase in the amount of funding to be provided by the EU. Accordingly the overall funding available to the programme has changed from an original amount of €427 million to an estimated amount of €314 million (€252 million of which is estimated to be the project allocation).
The new co-financing rate applies to expenditure incurred in 2012 and 2013 only and the estimated programme complement of €314 million has been calculated on that basis. From 1 January 2014 the co-financing rate will revert to 55% for any remaining unspent funding which will necessitate a further revision of the programme complement at that time. In this context and on the basis of extrapolations from the annual levels of expenditure to date it is estimated that the final programme complement will be approximately €370 million.
|
RDP Measure |
Current Project Allocation (€314 Complement) |
Estimated final Project Allocation (€370 Complement) |
Commitments |
Expenditure |
|
311 - Diversification |
€12,265,335.00 |
€14,387,209.71 |
€7,373,944.36 |
€5,362,320.07 |
|
312 - Business creation |
€35,529,718.00 |
€41,676,274.94 |
€26,142,749.89 |
€13,072,341.54 |
|
313 - Tourism |
€33,424,144.00 |
€39,206,441.83 |
€28,586,519.79 |
€11,192,613.34 |
|
321 - Basic Services |
€36,523,608.00 |
€42,842,105.26 |
€42,066,027.83 |
€17,491,311.71 |
|
322 - Village renewal |
€39,902,833.00 |
€46,805,928.35 |
€32,365,436.04 |
€19,054,932.96 |
|
323 - Conservation and upgrading |
€39,645,158.00 |
€46,503,676.04 |
€18,984,266.07 |
€9,188,798.90 |
|
331 - Training |
€21,681,521.00 |
€25,432,372.51 |
€16,162,343.49 |
€5,074,824.32 |
|
341 - Skills acquisition, animation |
€25,495,113.00 |
€29,905,706.62 |
€6,843,665.21 |
€894,170.35 |
|
421 - Co-operation |
€7,877,496.00 |
€9,240,284.75 |
€4,488,603.22 |
€762,369.70 |
|
Total |
€252,344,926.00 |
€296,000,000.01 |
€183,013,555.90 |
€82,093,682.89 |
