Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 November 2023
441. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown in tabular form of the spending and allocation of the asylum, migration and integration fund (AIMF) by his Department from 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49708/23]
View answerThe Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) was instituted as one of the EU Home Affairs financial instruments for the programme period 2014 to 2020. Each Member State wishing to participate in AMIF must produce a National Programme covering the main areas of the Fund. Ireland’s national programmes for AMIF is focused on specific objectives, including in the areas of asylum, reception, integration, legal migration and the return of irregular migrants.
Ireland’s allocation under AMIF was €55.5m for the period 2014-2020. The delivery of many AMIF funded projects was impacted by two major international events: the Covid-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine. In response to the influx of refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, the EU agreed to extend the 2014-2020 programme, bringing the programme end-date to June 2024. During the extended period, Member States are permitted to re-deploy unused funds under existing activities to fund activities to support Ukrainian refugees. Redeployed AMIF funding was used to provide urgent support to approved projects to pivot their actions to address the changing situation.
Table 1 “AMIF 2014-2020 Programme Funding Overview” sets out in in tabular form the spending and allocations of the AMIF 2014-2020 national programme up to October 2023.
In March 2022, Ireland opted in to the 2021-2027 Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. Under Ireland’s AMIF 2021-2027 national programme, Ireland will build on the work done under the previous AMIF 2014-2020 programme, and improve its effectiveness where possible. Strong support for the efforts of non-Government actors, particularly with respect to the integration objectives, will continue under the new programme. The programme will also support elements of State-run programmes, both at national and local level, which provide integration measures tailored to the needs of third-country nationals. No spend has been incurred as yet under the AMIF 2021-2027 national programme.
Table 1: AMIF 2014-2020 Programme Funding Overview
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TOTAL Cumulative Claims 2015-2020* |
TOTAL Annual Claim 2021* |
TOTAL Annual Claim 2022* |
TOTAL Annual Claim 2023** |
TOTAL Claim 2015-2023 |
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(All amounts €000s) |
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Specific objective 1: Asylum |
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Open Calls |
2016 |
€2,083.45 |
€2,003.42 |
€80.03 |
€ - |
€ - |
€2,083.45 |
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2019 |
€2,357.51 |
€700.13 |
€688.72 |
€495.12 |
€18.21 |
€1,902.18 |
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2022 |
€1,185.62 |
€ - |
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€525.70 |
€525.70 |
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Total Calls |
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€5,626.58 |
€2,703.55 |
€768.75 |
€495.12 |
€543.91 |
€4,511.33 |
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Direct Awards |
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€1,827.49 |
€1,096.06 |
€204.49 |
€ - |
€ - |
€1,300.55 |
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Specific objective 2: Integration/legal migration |
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Open Calls |
2016 |
€1,866.69 |
€1,709.23 |
€26.65 |
€ - |
€ - |
€1,735.88 |
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2019 |
€2,011.32 |
€518.95 |
€496.20 |
€465.79 |
€75.05 |
€1,555.99 |
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2022 |
€912.86 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
€425.71 |
€425.71 |
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Total Calls |
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€4,790.87 |
€2,228.17 |
€522.85 |
€465.79 |
€500.76 |
€3,717.58 |
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Direct Awards |
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€1,074.52 |
€1,051.04 |
€ - |
€ - |
€115.32 |
€1,166.36 |
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Specific objective 3: Return |
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Returns |
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€5,650.51 |
€4,623.57 |
-€22.72 |
€237.76 |
€212.34 |
€5,050.95 |
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Specific objective 4: Solidarity |
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Direct Awards |
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€2,000.00 |
€1,882.27 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
€1,882.27 |
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Technical Assistance |
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€4,051.96 |
€1,959.73 |
€145.90 |
€ - |
€1,282.43 |
€3,388.06 |
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Sub-Total |
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€25,021.93 |
€15,544.40 |
€1,619.26 |
€1,198.67 |
€2,654.77 |
€21,017.10 |
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Special Cases |
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€30,468.34 |
€25,278.00 |
€2,802.00 |
€ 54.00 |
€ 228.00 |
€28,362.00 |
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Total |
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€55,490.27 |
€40,822.40 |
€4,421.26 |
€1,252.67 |
€2,882.77 |
€49,379.10 |
* AMIF Annual accounts are submitted to EU Commission covering spend for the period of 16th October each year up to 15th Oct. of the following year
** AMIF Accounts to be submitted to EU Commission on 15th March 2024 for financial period 16th October 2022 to 15th October 2023
