Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 July 2014
484. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when businesses and community groups may expect to be able to apply and receive Leader funding under the new RDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32355/14]
View answerAs outlined in the draft Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which has been submitted to the European Commission and is available on my Department's website at http://www.environ.ie/en/Community/RuralDevelopment/EURuralDevelopment/RuralDevelopmentProgrammeLEADER2014-2020/ , it is intended that there will be a two-step Local Action Group selection process that will ensure that all entities interested in delivering LEADER have the required capacity to do so. This process will commence in the coming weeks and it is expected that the new Local Action Groups will be in a position to accept applications in early 2015.
