My Department has provided a total of €3,866,356 to An Taisce in the period 2000 to 2007. The table below sets out the detail of amounts provided for each year.
Funding to An Taisce
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
Total
|
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
CORE Funding
|
|
5,463
|
1,000
|
3,659
|
3,506
|
2,493
|
5,608
|
6,013
|
27,743
|
Consultation/Policy submissions
|
|
|
|
|
5,294
|
4,538
|
4,994
|
1,850
|
16,676
|
Meetings
|
|
1,311
|
400
|
|
|
6165
|
750
|
2,250
|
10,876
|
Spring Clean
|
171,205
|
228,553
|
250,000
|
250,000
|
280,000
|
324,448
|
340,264
|
347,237
|
2,191,707
|
Green Schools
|
8,000
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
*50,000
|
150,000
|
200,000
|
408,000
|
Biodiversity Week
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,645
|
2,645
|
Advertising
|
|
|
|
600
|
726
|
605
|
1,210
|
|
3,141
|
Blue Flag Scheme
|
54,291
|
85,033
|
63,475
|
65,156
|
81,771
|
30,000
|
86,097
|
185,347
|
651,168
|
Blue Flag Conference
|
|
|
|
|
40,940
|
|
|
|
40,940
|
Clean Coasts Projects
|
|
|
|
5,000
|
5,000
|
5,000
|
|
|
15,000
|
Irish Business against Litter
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
75,000
|
100,000
|
100,000
|
106,861
|
431,861
|
Miscellaneous projects
|
3,600
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
8,000
|
|
|
16,600
|
Participation in planning process
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
Total
|
23,7096
|
320,360
|
314,857
|
379,415
|
542,237
|
481,249
|
688,923
|
902,203
|
3,866,356
|
*This amount was provided in 2006 but was in respect of 2005.