Vol. 456 No. 6
63 Miss M. Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the important role of the Irish Immigration Centre in Boston; the funding he intends to give to the centre in the next two years; the plans, if any, he has to increase this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14334/95]
I am well aware of the excellent work of the Irish Immigration Centre in Boston. On 26 September last I announced grants for 1995 totalling £150,000 (US$241,500) to ten voluntary organisations serving the needs of Irish immigrants in the United States. The Irish Immigration Centre received $34,500, an increase of $9,500 on the amount that they received in 1994. I am committed to continuing to assist organisations like the Irish Immigration Centre in the future but at this stage I am not in a position to indicate how much any individual organisation may receive in the next two years.
