Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 May 2014
116. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements he will put in place to ensure that the day-to-day administration of the social inclusion programmes and the Leader programme 2014-2020 for the islands is operated by an island based company for all the islands off the coast, as at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19769/14]
View answerThe LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 will be delivered using a Community Led Local Development approach through the design and implementation of the Local Development Strategies. The Programme will provide sufficient focus, including funding supports, to the Islands to ensure that the development needs of the Island communities are fully addressed.
The Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is currently being delivered on the Islands by Comhar na nOileán Teoranta and it will continue to be implemented by this company on a transitional basis until the end of 2014 pending the roll-out of a new programme in January 2015. Discussions with the relevant stakeholders in relation to how the successor programmes to LEADER and the LCDP will be delivered on the Islands are ongoing.
