Departmental Funding

Tuesday, 24 September 2024

Ceisteanna (574)

Jackie Cahill

Ceist:

574. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided under Leader, in each county from 2020 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37907/24]

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Minister for Rural and Community Development

The LEADER Programme is a key intervention of Our Rural Future, the Government’s Policy for rural development which aims to deliver a range of actions to rural communities over the lifetime of the policy. It supports a broad range of activities which aim to respond to the diversity of the local needs of our rural areas and is delivered at local level by Local Action Groups (LAGs).

From 2020 to date, projects to the value of over €145 million were approved for funding through the LEADER Programme. The table below gives a breakdown of the cumulative amount of funding approved under the 2014-2022 and 2023-2027 LEADER programmes by county during the referenced timeframe.

The LAGs are in the early stages of implementation of the 2023-2027 LEADER programme which involves engaging with their respective communities and working with them to develop their project proposals. Over the coming years I look forward to seeing the continued delivery of LEADER projects that support the development of our rural areas and communities.

Table 1: Funding Approved per county from 2020 to 23/09/2024

County	Funding Approved
Carlow	€3,747,761
Cavan	€5,637,339
Clare	€5,504,512
Cork	€11,255,839
Donegal	€7,838,955
Dublin	€4,758,822
Galway	€8,811,456
Kerry	€5,922,702
Kildare	€3,064,567
Kilkenny	€6,919,591
Laois	€5,786,303
Leitrim	€3,794,683
Limerick	€6,087,175
Longford	€5,149,718
Louth	€4,347,016
Mayo	€7,026,651
Meath	€3,707,384
Monaghan	€5,022,287
Offaly	€5,169,545
Roscommon	€4,673,267
Sligo	€4,365,543
Tipperary	€6,953,025
Waterford	€4,517,228
Westmeath	€4,471,703
Wexford	€6,027,298
Wicklow	€5,180,827
Total	€145,741,198