577. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the funding of each Leader programme administered by the Mayo north east company, by project, by amount, by date approved, by date paid, from 2007 to 2013, if the amount of €9,535,062 was fully allocated to the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45086/15]

In line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach to rural development, there are 35 Local Action Groups contracted on my Department’s behalf, to deliver the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. Mayo North East LEADER Partnership (MNELP) are the Local Action Group for the North East Mayo area and, as such, are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding in line with Programme’s Operating Rules and EU regulations. The projects, together with the amounts funded up to 12 October 2015, can be found on my Department’s website via the link:

http://www.environ.ie/en/Community/RuralDevelopment/EURuralDevelopment/RuralDevelopmentProgrammeLEADER2007-2013/.

I can confirm that €9,605,562 was made available to the Mayo North East and Gaeltacht areas within County Mayo and of that, €7,336,266 was committed to projects with the remaining €2,269,295 provided to MNELP towards programme administration costs.