Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 May 2013
469. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision is likely on a Leader application for a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25351/13]
View answerThere are 35 Local Development Companies contracted, on my Department’s behalf, to deliver Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) throughout the country and these groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are made in the context of the local development strategy of the individual groups and in line with Departmental operating rules and EU regulations. My Department understands from the Local Development Company charged with the delivery of the LEADER elements of the RDP in the area referred to in the Question, that this project was presented to the Board of the company on 22 May 2013. I understand the Board will be seeking some clarification with regard to eligibility of the project from the Eligibility Review Group (ERG) within my Department; however, the ERG has not yet received this request. In this context it is not possible at present to give a definitive date for a decision on this project.
