Leader Programmes Administration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 May 2015

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Questions (490)

Finian McGrath

Question:

490. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will release the letter dated 29 April 2015 from the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development on the implementation of the Leader programme. [19523/15]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

The correspondence in question is, I understand, between the European Commission and a Member of the European Parliament.

As this letter did not issue directly to my Department, I am not in a position to release it without the consent of the European Commission and the MEP concerned. My Department is in the process of seeking those consents and if the European Commission and the MEP concerned have no objections to releasing the letter, I will of course arrange for a copy to be sent to the Deputy.