The original allocation for the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 was just short of €400 million (see Table 1). The LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 will provide €250 million in financial resources to support the development of sustainable rural communities (see Table 2).
LEADER funding for the 2007-2013 programming period was not allocated based on county boundaries but to individual Local Action Groups on completion of the Local Development Strategy process. The allocations were revised in 2013 when the EU co-financing rate changed due to the financial downturn, resulting in a decrease in the overall programme allocation.
€35 million had been allocated to the LEADER 2014-2020 programme for this year. The expenditure incurred to date under the programme in 2015 and 2016 relates to funding for Preparatory Support for the preparation of Local Development Strategies (see Table 3).
Table 1 – Local Action Group Allocations 2007 – 2013
|
Local Action Group
|
Original Allocation
|
Revised Allocation
|
|
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Ltd.
|
€9,057,810
|
€7,563,093
|
|
Ballyhoura Development Ltd.
|
€11,673,519
|
€18,832,677
|
|
Carlow County Development Partnership Ltd
|
€8,878,177
|
€7,619,278
|
|
Cavan-Monaghan LEADER
|
€12,035,118
|
€10,235,403
|
|
Cill Dara Ar Aghaidh Teo
|
€12,282,448
|
€10,642,073
|
|
Clare Local Development Company Ltd.
|
€14,028,529
|
€16,175,841
|
|
Co. Kilkenny LEADER Partnership
|
€11,523,729
|
€13,587,910
|
|
Co. Wicklow Community Partnership
|
€11,135,560
|
€9,128,172
|
|
Co. Sligo LEADER Partnership Company Ltd
|
€10,888,673
|
€9,791,787
|
|
Comhar na nOileáin Teoranta
|
€4,642,415
|
€7,218,571
|
|
Donegal Local Development Company Ltd.
|
€12,831,901
|
€12,693,035
|
|
Fingal LEADER Partnership Co.
|
€7,766,780
|
€6,488,129
|
|
FORUM Connemara Ltd.
|
€9,668,965
|
€7,925,982
|
|
Galway Rural Development Company
|
€15,257,985
|
€12,512,676
|
|
Inishowen Development Partnership
|
€8,286,143
|
€7,410,663
|
|
IRD Duhallow Ltd.
|
€10,315,943
|
€12,852,160
|
|
Laois Community and Enterprise Dev
|
€10,993,608
|
€9,564,731
|
|
Leitrim Integrated Development Co Ltd
|
€10,845,497
|
€10,332,659
|
|
Longford Community Resources Ltd
|
€8,714,110
|
€7,198,679
|
|
Louth LEADER Partnership
|
€8,839,815
|
€7,265,162
|
|
Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Co.
|
€10,751,894
|
€9,663,562
|
|
Meath Community Rural and Social Dev.
|
€12,748,771
|
€15,139,043
|
|
North East Kerry LEADER Partnership Teo
|
€10,558,882
|
€9,267,641
|
|
North Tipperary LEADER Partnership
|
€9,708,008
|
€12,917,884
|
|
Offaly Integrated Local Dev Co. Ltd.
|
€11,520,489
|
€10,856,445
|
|
Roscommon Integrated Development Company
|
€12,838,021
|
€11,230,957
|
|
South and East Cork Area Dev Ltd.
|
€10,641,494
|
€10,600,928
|
|
South Kerry Development Ltd.
|
€12,370,667
|
€10,341,450
|
|
South Tipperary Local Development Co Ltd
|
€11,106,187
|
€12,515,649
|
|
South West Mayo Development Company Ltd
|
€12,150,007
|
€10,820,318
|
|
Waterford LEADER Partnership Ltd.
|
€10,558,519
|
€11,486,013
|
|
West Cork Development Partnership Ltd.
|
€14,601,149
|
€13,481,280
|
|
West Limerick Resources Ltd
|
€9,997,751
|
€9,091,221
|
|
Westmeath Community Development Ltd
|
€10,987,060
|
€9,015,451
|
|
Wexford Local Development
|
€12,515,565
|
€11,919,814
|
|
Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta*
|
€17,278,809
|
€3,371,751
|
|
Overall Total
|
€399,999,998
|
€376,758,090
|
*Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta
(MFG) went into liquidation in 2012
Table 2 – LEADER Allocations 2014 – 2020
|
Sub Regional Area
|
Programme Allocation
|
|
Rural Dublin
|
€6,370,438.43
|
|
Kildare
|
€5,261,600.01
|
|
Meath
|
€6,903,123.57
|
|
Wicklow
|
€6,336,549.00
|
|
Carlow
|
€6,416,803.43
|
|
Kilkenny
|
€7,791,572.91
|
|
Wexford
|
€9,840,140.56
|
|
Tipperary
|
€10,103,443.28
|
|
County Waterford
|
€7,522,796.18
|
|
County Cork
|
€13,938,823.22
|
|
Kerry
|
€10,219,868.29
|
|
Clare
|
€8,920,224.65
|
|
County Limerick
|
€9,276,593.96
|
|
County Galway
|
€12,195,883.61
|
|
Mayo
|
€11,121,431.88
|
|
Roscommon
|
€8,852,659.22
|
|
Louth
|
€6,101,862.01
|
|
Leitrim
|
€5,998,474.74
|
|
Sligo
|
€7,655,647.81
|
|
Cavan
|
€8,522,285.84
|
|
Donegal
|
€12,913,877.86
|
|
Monaghan
|
€7,592,719.51
|
|
Laois
|
€7,124,586.86
|
|
Longford
|
€7,597,623.07
|
|
Offaly
|
€8,036,763.90
|
|
Westmeath
|
€7,384,206.22
|
|
Total
|
€220,000,000.00
|
Table 3 –Expenditure by County 2015 – 2016
|
COUNTY
|
Total Payments 2015-2016
|
|
CARLOW
|
€20,000.00
|
|
CAVAN
|
€50,000.00
|
|
CLARE
|
€83,335.54
|
|
CORK
|
€215,240.20
|
|
DONEGAL
|
€57,594.44
|
|
DUBLIN
|
€55,000.00
|
|
GALWAY
|
€75,000.00
|
|
KERRY
|
€16,343.70
|
|
KILDARE
|
€50,000.00
|
|
KILKENNY
|
€57,295.00
|
|
LAOIS
|
€32,882.38
|
|
LEITRIM
|
€25,000.00
|
|
LIMERICK
|
€22,187.00
|
|
LONGFORD
|
€30,000.00
|
|
LOUTH
|
€28,000.00
|
|
MAYO
|
€119,238.12
|
|
MEATH
|
€40,000.00
|
|
MONAGHAN
|
€58,296.00
|
|
OFFALY
|
€30,000.00
|
|
ROSCOMMON
|
€58,212.61
|
|
SLIGO
|
€15,000.00
|
|
TIPPERARY
|
€20,000.00
|
|
WATERFORD
|
€75,427.28
|
|
WESTMEATH
|
€25,602.22
|
|
WEXFORD
|
€15,000.00
|
|
WICKLOW
|
€35,793.81
|
|
TOTAL
|
€1,310,448.30
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