To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, pursuant to AQW 44518/11-15, whether the Causeway Coast and Glen Local Action Group has included oversight of the shutdown of the previous programme in the terms of reference of the Monitoring Committee.

The final date for the eligibility of expenditure for the 2007-2013 NIRDP is 31 December 2015. The programme will not formally close until member states have completed their final clearance of accounts, which will be by 30 June 2016. The role of the Programme Monitoring Committee in the closure process will be to approve the final Annual Implementation Report in June 2016 and the ex-post programme evaluation in December 2016.