Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 April 2010
127 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of groups, bodies or agencies that received funding from his Department in the past 12 months; the extent to which such funding is likely to be available in the course of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14456/10]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, my Department operates a wide range of grant programmes and schemes, details of which are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie.
Against this background, the Deputy will appreciate that funding is provided each year to a very large number of individuals, groups, bodies and agencies. I do not consider that the allocation of staff resources that would be required to fully list all of these allocations could be justified, particularly in the context where a significant amount of the relevant information is already available on my Department's website or in the annual Appropriation Accounts that are laid before the Oireachtas.
If the Deputy has a particular query regarding specific groups, bodies or agencies, I will, of course, be happy to provide the relevant information to the extent feasible.
