Department reviews 38 plans for LEADER funding

LEADER will open for grant applications after selection of local action groups to deliver the aid programme has been completed — probably in late October.

Business plans have been sought from local action groups — local development companies which include the 38 newly-established integrated LEADER partnership companies being set up around Ireland since 2006.

Groups have submitted 37 plans, but the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs received two business plans from Co Clare and two from Co Wexford. All plans are undergoing evaluation.