Vol. 550 No. 2
389 Mr. G. Reynolds asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his Department provides funding to An Taisce on an annual basis; and, if so, the amount of funding provided in each of the past five years. [7946/02]
My Department provides funding to An Taisce to support a number of its activities. Details of such funding for the past five years are set out in the following table.
Since 2001, funding of £55,000, €69,835.59, per annum is being provided to An Taisce for a period of three years to assist it in carrying out its functions as a prescribed body under the Planning Acts. My Department also provides grant aid to An Taisce as a contribution towards the administration expenses of the blue flag scheme in Ireland and co-finances the An Taisce-led anti-litter initiative National Spring Clean.
In addition, An Taisce operating at local level would have received some grants from the Environmental Partnership Fund, which is financed centrally by my Department but administered through the local authorities.
Funding provided to An Taisce by the Department of the Environment and Local Government in the Years 1997 to 2001.
|
Year |
Planning |
Blue FlagScheme€ |
NationalSpringClean€ |
EnvironmentalPartnershipFund€ |
OtherMiscellaneous€ |
Total€ |
|
1997 |
N/A |
53,237.74 |
N/A |
1,079.28 |
10,157.90(Green Schools Scheme) |
64,474.93 |
|
1998 |
N/A |
50,789.52 |
68,972.17 |
2,539.48 |
5,078.95(Young Reporters for the Environment) |
127,380.12 |
|
1999 |
N/A |
48,250.05 |
86,488.21 |
2,539.48 |
N/A |
137,277.74 |
|
2000 |
N/A |
57,138.21 |
171,205.13 |
1,904.61 |
(1)10,157.90(Green Schools Video)(2) 4,571.06(Hedgerow manual)(3) 1,128.80(COP 6 Conference)(4) 4,761.52(Core funding forenvironmental NGOs) |
250,867.23 |
|
2001 |
69,835.59 |
85,032.56 |
228,551.59 |
13,757.62 |
7,935.86(Core funding forenvironmental NGOs)1,665.18(Cop 7 Conference) |
406,778.40 |
