Co-op lodges complaint against Government with EU

A FORMAL complaint against the Government and the Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has been lodged with the European Commission by Cavan Monaghan Rural Development Co-op.

The complaint concerns the tendering process to be employed by the department for the local delivery of the 2007–2013 Rural Development Programme.

A delegation from the Cavan Monaghan society, which has managed the LEADER programme in the two counties since the early 1990s, travelled to Brussels this week and met with officials from DG Agriculture and Rural Development.