Unsuccessful Leader funding applications
Deputy Rabbitte asks how existing east Galway community projects will be supported after unsuccessful Leader applications; the Tánaiste advises contacting the line Minister, and the Ceann Comhairle suggests a parliamentary question.
The Tánaiste said earlier that 18 Leader programmes had been announced. Regrettably, in east Galway, the Galway Rural Development Company, GRD, was unsuccessful, while FORUM Connemara was successful in applying for new Leader funding. What will happen to existing up and running community projects which have failed to access funding under the new Leader programme?