Kilkenny People sam.matthews@kilkennypeople.ie A figure of €190 million is to be allocated to Ireland from the Instrument over the period 2021-2022 for agriculture and rural development '); '); Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP), members of the Irish Local Development Network (ILDN) who as ‘Local Action Group’ directly deliver the LEADER Programme in County Kilkenny, are calling for the €190 million Covid-19 EU Recovery Instrument available for Rural Development in 2021 and 2022 to be used to bolster the LEADER Programme. They have urged the Minister for Agriculture Food and Marine Charlie McConalogue and the Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD to consider availing of the €190 million COVID-19 EU Recovery Instrument (EURI).