LEADER is a multi-annual programme with a total budget of €250 million over the period 2014-2020. €220 million of this funding has been allocated to the Local Action Groups (LAGs) throughout the country who deliver the LEADER programme. This core funding is allocated to the LAGs for the full period of the programme.
The remaining €30 million is available for thematic schemes to be delivered at a national level and is allocated as projects are approved.
Table 1 below provides details of:
- The core allocations to the each of the LAGs under the LEADER 2014-2020 programme;
- The total expenditure to date by LAG which includes project costs, the administration costs of the LAGs and the cost associated with their engagement with promoters to develop projects;
- The total expenditure to date expressed as a percentage of the LAGs' allocation; and,
- The total expenditure to date incurred in respect of projects.
The figures do not include expenditure under national-level thematic schemes which operate on a competitive bid basis.
There was a significant increase in both project approvals and expenditure in 2018. I am confident that the progress now being made by the LAGs in approving projects, along with the administrative improvements introduced by my Department, will result in a continued increase in project approvals and payments under the LEADER programme during 2019.
Table 1: LEADER expenditure data as of 24th March 2019
|
Local Action Group
|
Total Allocation
|
Total Spend
|
% of Allocation Spent
|
Project Spend
|
|
Carlow
|
€6,416,803
|
€1,461,568
|
23%
|
€871,066
|
|
Cavan
|
€8,522,286
|
€1,337,606
|
16%
|
€630,488
|
|
Clare
|
€8,920,225
|
€2,032,250
|
23%
|
€613,914
|
|
Cork North
|
€5,091,846
|
€1,429,607
|
28%
|
€514,484
|
|
Cork South
|
€3,831,303
|
€834,268
|
22%
|
€213,124
|
|
Cork West
|
€5,015,674
|
€1,095,573
|
22%
|
€196,938
|
|
Donegal
|
€12,913,878
|
€3,728,230
|
29%
|
€2,122,541
|
|
Dublin Rural
|
€6,370,438
|
€1,165,923
|
18%
|
€401,712
|
|
Galway East
|
€7,655,851
|
€1,088,380
|
14%
|
€38,024
|
|
Galway West
|
€4,540,033
|
€633,852
|
14%
|
€143,852
|
|
Kerry
|
€10,219,868
|
€2,756,655
|
27%
|
€1,127,766
|
|
Kildare
|
€5,261,600
|
€656,202
|
12%
|
€110,037
|
|
Kilkenny
|
€7,791,573
|
€1,981,479
|
25%
|
€674,184
|
|
Laois
|
€7,124,587
|
€1,421,471
|
20%
|
€699,089
|
|
Leitrim
|
€5,998,475
|
€1,111,097
|
19%
|
€433,716
|
|
Limerick
|
€9,276,594
|
€2,307,910
|
25%
|
€796,036
|
|
Longford
|
€7,597,623
|
€856,749
|
11%
|
€111,398
|
|
Louth
|
€6,101,862
|
€1,129,107
|
19%
|
€389,346
|
|
Mayo
|
€11,121,432
|
€2,380,966
|
21%
|
€692,008
|
|
Meath
|
€6,903,124
|
€1,007,676
|
15%
|
€113,876
|
|
Monaghan
|
€7,592,720
|
€1,196,205
|
16%
|
€516,742
|
|
Offaly
|
€8,036,764
|
€2,010,154
|
25%
|
€1,050,077
|
|
Roscommon
|
€8,852,659
|
€1,209,569
|
14%
|
€325,312
|
|
Sligo
|
€7,655,648
|
€1,449,975
|
19%
|
€791,919
|
|
Tipperary
|
€10,103,443
|
€1,796,796
|
18%
|
€649,777
|
|
Waterford
|
€7,522,796
|
€2,507,106
|
33%
|
€1,598,618
|
|
Westmeath
|
€7,384,206
|
€1,163,426
|
16%
|
€348,887
|
|
Wexford
|
€9,840,141
|
€1,439,575
|
15%
|
€576,777
|
|
Wicklow
|
€6,336,549
|
€1,006,628
|
16%
|
€211,000
|
|
Grand Total
|
€220,000,000
|
€44,196,002
|
20%
|
€16,962,709
|
