Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 January 2014
209. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the amount that will be provided out of the rural development programme for Leader-type actions for the years 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1992/14]
View answerPreparations for Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (RDP) have begun and public consultation on the Programme will commence shortly with a view to the programme commencing in 2015. Expenditure under the current 2007-2013 Programme will continue in 2014.
Within the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 a separate financial allocation will be allocated for LEADER activity. This allocation will comprise of some €153 million EU funding which will be co-financed by Exchequer funding. The Exchequer allocation is subject to discussion between my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, following which I will announce the overall value of the LEADER elements of the Programme.
