AQW 46178/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to detail the groups that have applied to the Rural Micro Capital Grant Programme, broken down by constituency.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 22 May 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 22 May 2015
- Answer due by
- 9 June 2015
- Answered
- 9 June 201518 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Rural Micro Capital Grant Programme opened for applications on 13 April 2015 and closed on 22 May 2015. A total of 454 applications were received by the closing date. The Programme is being delivered on a sub-regional basis by the Rural Support Networks (RSN’s). The number of applications per RSN area is detailed in Table 1.
At present RSN and DARD staff are focused on the screening and selection processes of the Programme. To carry-out an analysis of applications by constituency area at present would impede this time sensitive work and potentially delay the award of funding to successful applicants. Once this work has been completed I will write to you and provide you with more detail on applications per constituency, as requested.
Table 1 – Applications per RSN area
| Rural Support Network | Council Area Covered | No. Of Applications Received |
| South Antrim Community Network (SACN) | Antrim & Newtownabbey and Mid & East Antrim | 27 |
| The Armagh, Down & Antrim Network (TADA) | Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon | 73 |
| North Antrim Community Network (NACN) | Causeway Coast & Glens | 40 |
| Rural Area Partnership in Derry (RAPID) | Derry City & Strabane District | 60 |
| Fermanagh Rural Community Network (FRCN) | Fermanagh & Omagh | 84 |
| Cookstown & Western Shores Area Network (CWSAN) | Mid Ulster | 87 |
| County Down Rural Community Network (CDRCN) | Newry, Mourne & Down, North Down & Ards and Lisburn & Castlereagh | 83 |