LEADER companies happy with funding
Oliver Cassidy, chairman Comhar LEADER na hÉireann, their national umbrella body, said this increase is a vindication of the work done by the 37 Irish LEADER companies throughout the country over the last decade and more. “This is not just good news for LEADER companies. This is great news for rural communities. It means that the kinds of enterprise creation, training, community development and research that LEADER has delivered in rural communities over the past 15 years will not only continue but will expand.”
Comhar LEADER also welcomed the decision to commit 10% of the rural development budget to the improvement of rural services and said it is vital that these services are supported in order to sustain rural population.
