Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 April 2014
467. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money available for projects under the Leader programme 2007-2013; the total spend to date on projects; the total spend this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19028/14]
View answerThe current value of the Axes 3 and 4 LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 is €370 million. In addition, €5 million has been provided for an Axis 1 Agri-food measure. Of this, up to a maximum of 20% may be spent on administration expenses leaving a minimum of 80% of the funding available for projects and animation expenses.
To date, €198 million has been spent on projects, €12 million on animation and €54 million has been spent on administration expenses giving a total of €264 million.
The overall spend to date in 2014 is €17 million and I would expect this to increase steadily over the coming months.
