asked the Minister for Labour the amount of money provided to help Irish emigrants working in England.
58.
Written Answers - Irish Emigrants in Britain.
57.
asked the Minister for Labour the reports which are submitted to his Department about the use made of the grant for Irish emigrants working in England.
59.
asked the Minister for Labour the centres in England which benefit from the grant to help Irish emigrants.
I propose to answer Questions Nos. 57, 58 and 59 together.
A sum of £250,000 has been included in my Department's Vote for 1989 for the payment of grants to voluntary organisations which provide emigrant services. Grants are paid on the basis of recommendations made to me by DION, the Advisory Committee on Emigrant Welfare Services. The committee, which largely is British-based, is chaired by the Labour Attaché at the Irish Embassy in London.
Most of the grants are paid for the employment of professional social workers to help emigrants who encounter difficulties. They provide advice and information mainly for newly arrived emigrants, and also help them in their efforts to find accommodation and employment as quickly as possible.
A list of the organisations which received grants from the 1987 allocation is as follows:
Grants for Emigrant Advisory Services, 1987.
|
£ |
|
|
Irish Centre, Camden, London Irish Welfare Bureau, |
77,000 |
|
Hammersmith, London Irish Community Care Centre, Stroud Green, Haringey, |
37,000 |
|
London South London Irish Association, |
30,000 |
|
Wimbledon, London Brent Irish Advisory Service, |
7,500 |
|
Kilburn, London Irish Welfare Centre, |
8,000 |
|
Birmingham |
8,500 |
|
Irish Centre, Liverpool |
13,000 |
|
Irish Welfare Centre, Manchester |
10,000 |
|
Emigrant Advice Bureau*, Cathedral Street, Dublin 1 |
10,000 |
|
Action Group for Irish Youth, Salisbury Road, London |
10,000 |
|
Soho Project, Charing Cross, London |
3,500 |
|
Piccadilly Advice Centre, London |
3,500 |
|
Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin |
9,000 |
|
Irish Centre Haringey, Pretoria Road, Tottenham, London |
13,000 |
|
Luton Irish Centre |
10,000 |
|
£250,000 |
*Based in Ireland.
I will be announcing very shortly the names of organisations which will receive grants from the 1988 allocations.
In addition to recommending the amount of grants, DION usually also specifies the purposes for which each grant is intended and the recipient body is so advised when the grant is being paid.
DION reviews the position during their visits to the welfare centres in the following year in order to satisfy themselves that the grant has been properly applied in each case. Most of the organisations mentioned above prepare annual reports which are submitted to my Department for examination, in consultation with DION, as necessary.