Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2017
539. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend membership of the EU monitoring committee for the rural development programme to an organisation (details supplied). [39280/17]
View answer552. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend membership of the monitoring committee for the rural development programme 2014 to 2020 to an association (details supplied) in view of the fact that the matter has been under consideration for over seven months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39723/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 539 and 552 together.
The Monitoring Committee for Ireland's Rural Development Programme is already established and was set up in July 2015 in accordance with Article 47 of (EU) Regulation 1303/2015. This is to cover the period for the current RDP which runs from 2014-2020.
My Department has already had some correspondence with named organisation on this matter and I am scheduled to meet with this organisation next week.
