Rural Development Funding

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture and Rural Development – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 3:45 pm on 24 June 2002.

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Photo of Edwin Poots Edwin Poots DUP 3:45, 24 June 2002

I declare a relevant interest in this, although not a pecuniary one. I am sure that the Minister is aware that Lisburn Council failed in its bid to achieve LEADER funding and is, therefore, the only area in Northern Ireland that will not benefit from it. How does the Minister propose to assist the 1,000 farm holdings and the rural community in the Lisburn Council area? What assistance has her Department given to Laganside Rural Development, a self-help group set up by the council and the local rural community, in drawing down European funding that other areas will receive?