LEADER CHANGES IN SPITE OF GALWAY GROUPS PROTESTS
Galway Bay Fm Newsroom
Environment Minister Phil Hogan is to proceed with proposed reforms to the LEADER progamme.
He says local development companies are private companies in reciept of public money from Europe, and need oversight.
It's proposed that local development companies will form part of new Socio-Economic Committees, which will be run on a fifty-fifty basis with County Council staff.
The leader scheme gives grant aid to individuals and community groups for various developments and several companies across Galway avail of the programme.
North West MEP Jim Higgins says he is dissapointed with parts of the Minister's decision.