Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 November 2021
1266. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way the €70 million allocated by her Department with regard to the existing LEADER transition programme until 2023 will be allocated for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53149/21]
View answer1268. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding for the LEADER and LEADER transition programme by county for the periods 2007 to 2013, 2014 to 2020 and 2021 to 2023, in tabular form; and the breakdown of LEADER funding by county in each year since 2014. [53151/21]
View answer1269. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocation per local action group for the periods 2007 to 2013, 2014 to 2020 and 2021 to 2023 with regard to LEADER and the LEADER transition programme in tabular form; and the LEADER funding allocations to each group in each year since 2014. [53152/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1266, 1268 and 1269 together.
The original allocation for the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 was almost €400 million.
LEADER funding for the 2007-2013 programming period was not allocated based on county boundaries but to individual Local Action Groups (LAGs) on completion of the Local Development Strategy process. The allocations were revised in 2013 on foot of the formal amendment of the Rural Development Programme, resulting in a decrease in the overall programme allocation.
Table 1 below provides a breakdown of the 2007-2013 Programme allocations, including the original and revised allocations.
The 2014-2020 LEADER programme had a total allocation of €250 million. €225 million of this budget was allocated directly to the LAGs who deliver the programme and approve projects at local level. Funding was allocated to each LAG for the full duration of the Programme to give greater flexibility to the LAGs to manage their resources.
The balance of €25 million is provided for thematic projects which are approved at national level.
In December 2020, I launched the Transitional LEADER Programme, which came into effect from 1 April 2021 and will run to the end of 2022. A total of €70 million has been made available over this programming period. €65 million of this budget is available to LAGs who deliver the programme and approve projects at local level. This funding is distributed between the LAGs on a pro-rata basis, commensurate with the allocations made at the start of the 2014-2020 LEADER programme.
A further €3 million of the funding has been allocated to support Co-operation projects and innovation between LAGs, while the remaining €2 million is being provided to support strategy development for the next LEADER programme.
Table 2 below provides details of the LAG allocations for the 2014-2020 and Transitional LEADER Programmes.
The new LEADER programme will commence in 2023. I recently announced the indicative allocation for the new LEADER programme of €180m. Taken together with the €70m secured for the transitional programme this gives a total funding allocation of €250m for the originally envisaged 7 year programming period from 2021- 2027.
Table 1: LEADER 2007-2013 programme allocations
|
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: Funding Allocations for the 2014-2020 and 2021-2022 LEADER Programmes
|
Local Action Group |
LEADER 2014-2020 Allocation |
LEADER 2021-2022 Allocation |
|
Carlow |
€6,416,803 |
€1,895,874 |
|
Cavan |
€9,022,286 |
€2,517,948 |
|
Clare |
€8,920,225 |
€2,635,521 |
|
Cork North |
€5,591,846 |
€1,504,409 |
|
Cork South |
€3,831,303 |
€1,131,976 |
|
Cork West |
€5,015,674 |
€1,481,904 |
|
Donegal |
€13,413,878 |
€3,815,464 |
|
Dublin Rural |
€6,370,438 |
€1,882,175 |
|
Galway East |
€7,655,851 |
€2,261,956 |
|
Galway West |
€4,540,033 |
€1,341,373 |
|
Kerry |
€10,719,868 |
€3,019,507 |
|
Kildare |
€5,261,600 |
€1,554,564 |
|
Kilkenny |
€7,791,573 |
€2,302,056 |
|
Laois |
€7,124,587 |
€2,104,992 |
|
Leitrim |
€6,498,475 |
€1,772,277 |
|
Limerick |
€9,776,594 |
€2,740,812 |
|
Longford |
€7,597,623 |
€2,244,752 |
|
Louth |
€6,101,862 |
€1,802,823 |
|
Mayo |
€11,621,432 |
€3,285,878 |
|
Meath |
€6,903,124 |
€2,039,559 |
|
Monaghan |
€7,592,720 |
€2,243,303 |
|
Offaly |
€8,536,761 |
€2,374,498 |
|
Roscommon |
€8,852,659 |
€2,615,558 |
|
Sligo |
€7,655,648 |
€2,261,896 |
|
Tipperary |
€10,603,443 |
€2,985,108 |
|
Waterford |
€8,022,796 |
€2,222,644 |
|
Westmeath |
€7,384,206 |
€2,181,697 |
|
Wexford |
€9,840,141 |
€2,907,314 |
|
Wicklow |
€6,336,549 |
€1,872,162 |
|
Total |
€225,000,000 |
€65,000,000 |
