Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 June 2004
230 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of money that went to non-governmental organisations, statutory services and ethnic minority-led organisations in the first two rounds of funding from the reception and integration agency in distributing the European Refugee Fund. [18289/04]
View answer231 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of money that went into the reception, integration and repatriation for refugees and asylum seekers in the first two rounds of funding from the reception and integration agency in distributing the European Refugee Fund. [18290/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 231 together.
The European Refugee Fund 2000-2004, ERF, was established by way of a European Council decision of 28 September 2000. The responsible authority for the fund in Ireland is the reception and integration agency of my Department.
The percentage of available funds that was distributed to NGOs statutory services and ethnic minority-led organisations during the first two rounds of the ERF was as follows:
|
NGOs |
Statutory Services |
Ethnic Minority-Led Organisations |
|
|
% |
% |
% |
|
|
2000/2001 |
89.1 |
10.9 |
0 |
|
2002 |
88.7 |
0 |
12.3 |
The selection of projects for the first two rounds of funding was carried out by selection committees comprising representatives from both governmental and non-governmental organisations on the basis of criteria specified in the European Council Decision 2000/596/EC which established the fund.
While not specifically "ethnic minority-led", many of the NGO projects which received funding in the first two rounds of the ERF employed the services of people from ethnic minorities, either on a voluntary basis or as salaried employees, to manage and carry out the proposed actions of those projects.
Distribution of the available funds across the three measures, reception, integration and voluntary return during the first two rounds of the ERF was as follows:
|
Reception |
Integration |
Voluntary Return * |
|
|
% |
% |
% |
|
|
2000/2001* |
45.7 |
54.3 |
0 |
|
2002 |
27.5 |
62.4 |
10.1 |
*As the fund was only established in the latter half of the first year that it covered, applications for funding for both 2000 and 2001 were taken together and are therefore regarded as a single round of funding.
