I commend the very valuable activities of groups and bodies engaged in reconciliation and peace work in Northern Ireland and indeed in the wider area of creating better understanding between people in both parts of Ireland and between Ireland and Britain.
A number of the organisations which is active in this field is assisted under the North-South and Anglo-Irish Co-operation subhead of the Vote for the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Due to the seriousness of the budgetary situation, the Government was obliged last year to reduce the allocation to the subhead below the level of previous years.
The following groups and bodies were grant-aided under the subhead in 1992: