Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 September 2014
235. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way a person may obtain details of all grant allocations by a LDC to private companies, which were below the threshold for needing Ministerial approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34963/14]
View answerThe publication of details of beneficiaries under the EU Common Agricultural Policy, which includes the LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme, was subject to legal challenge in another Member State. The European Court of Justice judgement prohibited the publication of certain beneficiaries and due to this Ireland only publishes details of payments to the Local Action Groups that administer the Programme. In January 2014 this issue was resolved to allow payments in respect of the 2014 EU financial year to be published in May 2015.
