Vol. 511 No. 2
57 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new opportunities for women's programmes in operation; the location of each programme; the annual funding available for each; and when each programme will terminate. [23909/99]
The Employment Initiative, of which NOW, New Opportunities for Women, is a strand, has been operating since 1995 and will continue until the end of 1999, early 2000. A total of 20,291,395 ecu, £15 million approximately, in European Social Funds and 2,102,178 ecu, £1.6 million approximately in European regional development funds has been invested in 71 NOW projects from 1995 to early 2000.
There are currently 32 projects being funded country wide in the current phase, 1998-2000, within a total EU budget of 12,663,600 ecu, £9.8 million approximately.
Details of these projects are outlined on the following table.
|
Promoter |
Location |
1998-2000 |
ESF |
ERDF |
*ThematicESF |
Total EU Funding |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|||
|
Community Women's Education Initiatives |
Cork |
320,000 |
150,000 |
470,000 |
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|
Cork Rape Crisis Centre |
Cork |
350,000 |
100,000 |
450,000 |
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|
Cork Women's Poetry Circle |
Cork |
287,075 |
40,000 |
30,000 |
357,075 |
|
|
Dairygold; Golden Vale Plc; Castlemahon |
Cork/Limerick |
300,000 |
300,000 |
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|
Pairtíocht Ghaeltacht Thir Chonaill MIDAS |
Donegal |
345,469 |
40,000 |
385,469 |
||
|
Ballyfermot Partnership |
Dublin |
200,000 |
40,000 |
240,000 |
||
|
Ballymun Women's Resource Centre |
Dublin |
300,000 |
300,000 |
|||
|
Colaiste Dhulaigh/C.D.V.E.C |
Dublin |
225,218 |
225,218 |
|||
|
North West Inner City |
Dublin |
183,000 |
15,000 |
198,000 |
||
|
Pavee Point |
Dublin |
263,274 |
263,274 |
|||
|
Ruhama Women's Project |
Dublin |
199,500 |
6,000 |
205,500 |
||
|
SAOL Projected Limited |
Dublin |
256,237 |
11,250 |
267,487 |
||
|
The Northside Partnership |
Dublin |
334,830 |
80,000 |
414,830 |
||
|
Dublin Aids Alliance Ltd & red Ribbon Project |
Dublin/Limerick |
208,333 |
208,333 |
|||
|
Aer Lingus |
Dublin/National |
215,526 |
215,526 |
|||
|
An Garda Síochána |
Dublin/National |
270,000 |
270,000 |
|||
|
Dublin Institute of Technology |
Dublin/National |
463,171 |
66,315 |
529,486 |
||
|
LEA & LOT (Lesbians Organising Together) |
Dublin/National |
315,470 |
9,962 |
325,432 |
||
|
Macra Na Feirme |
Dublin/National |
235,000 |
235,000 |
|||
|
Women's Aid |
Dublin/National |
300,000 |
40,000 |
340,000 |
||
|
Women On Air Consortium* |
Galway |
285,999 |
285,999 |
|||
|
Women's Studies Centre Galway |
Galway |
218,392 |
218,392 |
|||
|
Creative Space Collective |
Galway/Connemara |
200,000 |
200,000 |
|||
|
Muintearas |
Galway/Gaeltacht |
197,625 |
30,000 |
92,000 |
319,625 |
|
|
SIPTU in partnership with UCG |
Galway/National |
250,000 |
82,000 |
332,000 |
||
|
COMHDHAIL OILEÁIN NA hÉIREANN |
Galway/W.Islands |
297,600 |
2,460 |
300,060 |
||
|
Tralee Institute of Technology |
Kerry |
200,000 |
15,000 |
215,000 |
||
|
Tralee Women's Resource Centre |
Kerry |
223,683 |
35,462 |
259,145 |
||
|
Longford Federation ICA |
Longford |
180,000 |
150,000 |
330,000 |
||
|
Women of the North West Ltd |
Mayo |
252,032 |
252,032 |
|||
|
WITs with Golden Vale; Greencore & Kerry group |
National |
432,725 |
432,725 |
|||
|
Access 2000 |
Waterford/Wexford |
300,000 |
150,000 |
82,000 |
532,000 |
|
|
Totals |
8,610,159 |
900,134 |
367,315 |
9,877,608 |
