Dara Calleary
Question:185. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects approved to date by each LAG under the 2014 to 2020 Leader programme in tabular form. [14709/19]
View answerThursday, 28 March 2019
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LEADER is a multi-annual programme which has a total budget of €250 million over the period to 2020. €220 million of this funding has been allocated to each of the individual Local Action Groups (LAGs) who deliver LEADER. The remaining €30 million is available for schemes to be delivered at a national level and is allocated as projects are approved.
Table 1 below provides a breakdown of the number of projects approved by each Local Action Group to date.
The level of project activity under the LEADER programme has increased significantly since the start of 2018, and 1,784 projects have now been approved for funding of over €61 million. A further 389 project applications, requesting an additional €23.5 million, are at various stages in the approval process.
Table 1: Total LEADER Approvals by LAG as of 24th March 2019
|
Local Action Group |
No. of Projects Approved |
|
Carlow |
24 |
|
Cavan |
47 |
|
Clare |
115 |
|
Cork North |
46 |
|
Cork South |
18 |
|
Cork West |
24 |
|
Donegal |
104 |
|
Dublin Rural |
46 |
|
Galway East |
41 |
|
Galway West |
27 |
|
Kerry |
190 |
|
Kildare |
21 |
|
Kilkenny |
54 |
|
Laois |
57 |
|
Leitrim |
54 |
|
Limerick |
72 |
|
Longford |
44 |
|
Louth |
57 |
|
Mayo |
103 |
|
Meath |
34 |
|
Monaghan |
38 |
|
Offaly |
111 |
|
Roscommon |
39 |
|
Sligo |
81 |
|
Tipperary |
112 |
|
Waterford |
45 |
|
Westmeath |
49 |
|
Wexford |
95 |
|
Wicklow |
36 |
|
Grand Total |
1,784 |