Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 November 2013
483. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the value of Leader projects currently awaiting approval by his Department for awards in excess of €150,000; if he will confirm the value of projects in this group that were submitted to his Department prior to 20 May 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50701/13]
View answerIreland’s Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, as agreed with the European Commission, stipulates that all projects in excess of €150,000 require prior approval from my Department. Currently 31 such projects, to the value of €9.5m, are at various stages of assessment and, of those, 12 projects to the value of €3,461,179 were received by my Department prior to 20 May 2013.
