Vol. 486 No. 1
288 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give details of moneys given by his Department to charities for each of the years from 1990 to date in 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1234/98]
Under the Vote for International Co-operation Irish charities can apply for funding under the various schemes operated by the Department under the bilateral aid programme. Annual amounts by programme in the period 1990-98 are indicated in the following table. Information on individual grants is published in the relevant annual reports of Irish Aid.
Since 1990, an annual sum has been approved under the Vote for Foreign Affairs to assist voluntary groups in the US, and since 1996 in Australia, working with Irish emigrants there. The services provided by these organisations include information, advice and assistance on issues such as residency status, citizenship, employment, accommodation, social services entitlements, etc. Details of annual funding follow: 1990, £200,000; 1991, £200,000; 1992, £51,000; 1993, £150,000; 1994, £150,000; 1995, £150,000; 1996, £180,000; 1997, £186,000; 1998, Nil to date.
The organisations supported by this funding include: Project Irish Outreach, New York; Emerald Isle Immigration Center, New York; Irish Immigraton Center, Boston; FOIR, San Francisco; Southern Calfornia Irish Network, Los Angeles; Gaelic Immigration Assistance, Philadelphia; Australian-Irish Welfare Bureau, Melbourne; Irish Welfare Bureau, Sydney.
Also within the Vote for Foreign Affairs, a subhead for North-South and Anglo-Irish co-operation was set up in 1982 to assist organisations nvolved in reconciliation work and in efforts to reate better understanding between people in oth parts of Ireland and between Ireland and ritain. Details of annual funding follows: 1991, £200,000; 1992, £115,000; 1993, £115,000; 1994, £240,000; 1995, £346,000; 1996, £246,000; 1997, £246,000; 1998 to date, Nil.
The following amounts were given to charities under the various schemes operated by the Department of Foreign Affairs under the Bilateral Aid Programme:
|
Year |
NGO Co-Financing |
Humanitarian Assistance, Rehabilitation Funds and Disaster Relief |
Democratisation/Human Rights |
Priority/Other Countries |
Total per Year |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
1990 |
368,829 |
715,000 |
1,083,829 |
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|
1991 |
628,966 |
1,345,000 |
1,973,966 |
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|
1992 |
1,398,478 |
627,000 |
2,025,478 |
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|
1993 |
1,766,748 |
2,565,712 |
4,332,460 |
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|
1994 |
3,088,664 |
4,024,598 |
119,563 |
7,232,825 |
|
|
1995 |
3,734,455 |
2,179,133 |
130,000 |
903,981 |
6,947,569 |
|
1996 |
4,637,398 |
3,611,485 |
171,600 |
930,937 |
9,351,420 |
|
1997 |
5,460,573 |
4,298,219 |
278,362 |
269,125 |
10,306,279 |
|
1998 (to date) |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Total |
21,084,111 |
19,366,147 |
579,962 |
2,223,606 |
43,253,826 |
