Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 June 2017
187. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 23 May 2017, the persons or bodies that made submissions prior to the launch and formation of the locally led scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29446/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Locally Led approach is a measure which was proposed as part of the Irish Rural Development Programme for the period 2014-2020.
As part of the preparation of the RDP, my Department conducted an extensive and wide-ranging consultation process, which included open invitations to make submissions on any aspect of the design and direction of the new Programme. A full description of that process, including a summary of the main points to emerge, can be found in the published version of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme. Ideas pertinent to the Locally Led model feature in many of the submissions received and all of these have been uploaded to my Department’s website. In addition, my Department also held an open public seminar in Portlaoise in October 2015 focusing specifically on the proposed new locally-led measure. There was a very wide representation of interested parties present at that seminar and feedback from the floor, and from workshops on the day, also influenced the design of the new scheme.
