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Emigrant Support Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 January 2013

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Questions (57, 58)

Brendan Smith

Question:

57. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total funding allocated in the Estimates for 2012 for the emigrant support programme; the amount spent under this programme for 2012; if he will list the recipient organisations in each country; the level of funding provided to each organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4799/13]

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Brendan Smith

Question:

58. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated in the Estimates for 2013 for the emigrant support programme; if he will list the organisations in each country that will receive funding under this programme; the amount per organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4800/13]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 and 58 together.

The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) provides funding to non-profit organisations and projects to support Irish emigrant communities overseas. The priority of the ESP, and of the organisations it supports, is in assisting the most vulnerable members of overseas Irish communities. These organisations have made a substantive difference to the lives of Irish people living abroad, reducing homelessness, tackling social isolation, and enabling Irish emigrants to access their local statutory entitlements.

The total funding allocated in the Estimates for 2012 for the Emigrant Support Programme was €11,595,000, with an outturn of €11,586,368. Details of all grant recipients since 2006 can be found on my Department's website, a full list of grant recipients and the amount that they received in 2012 is set out in the following table. I am pleased that despite the difficult financial situation we face, the Government has maintained funding under the ESP at a level of €11,595,000 for 2013. The 2013 grant round is now open and will close on 20 February. No decisions on the allocation for this year's grants will be made until after this date.

2012 Emigrant Services Expenditure Summary (euro)

Britain

7,596,425

USA

1,669,227

Ireland

1,290,463

Australia

385,581

Singapore

200,000

Canada

152,498

New Zealand

56,048

Argentina

31,312

Zimbabwe

27,371

France

17,500

Korea

10,666

South Africa

10,635

Spain

3,993

Norway

2,169

Russia

1,476

Global Irish Network and Presidential Distinguished Service Award

131,004

Britain

Acton Homeless Concern (London)

58,677

Age UK Hillingdon (Middlesex)

12,756

Aisling Project (London)

122,707

Bell Farm Christian Centre (Middlesex)

12,054

Benefits Advice Shop (Ryhl, Denbighshire)

6,378

Birmingham St Patrick's Festival Ltd

12,756

Blackfriars Advice Centre (London)

25,149

Bolton Irish Community Association

7,016

Brent Adolescent Centre (London)

24,789

Brent Irish Advisory Service (London)

183,685

Brian Boru Club (Wigan)

7,449

Bristol Playbus

5,784

Causeway Irish Housing Association (London)

25,061

Celtic & Irish Cultural Society (Crawley)

24,236

Conradh na Gaeilge, Glaschú (Glasgow)

46,188

Corby's Young at Heart Luncheon Group

10,843

Coventry Irish Society

153,454

Cricklewood Homeless Concern

221,315

Edinburgh Cyrenians

6,287

Emerald Circle Club (Harrow)

3,718

Emerald Senior Citizens Group (Wolverhampton)

6,378

Federation of Irish Societies

597,296

Feith an Cheoil School of Irish Traditional Music (London)

6,817

Forest Bus (Southampton)

6,378

Friends, Families and Travellers (Brighton)

13,394

GEAR Projects (Gloucester)

12,756

Halifax and District Irish Society

14,032

Halifax Irish Centre

1,239

Haringey Irish Cultural and Community Centre

166,082

Haslingden & Davitt IDL Club

4,958

Huddersfield Irish Centre

3,720

Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy (London)

197,520

Innisfree Housing Association (London)

38,268

Irish Arts Foundation (Leeds)

95,032

Irish Chaplaincy in Britain (London)

282,940

Irish Charitable Trust (London)

183,590

Irish Community Care Manchester

202,545

Irish Community Care Merseyside

311,244

Irish Community Services in Greenwich, Bexley (formerly Irish in Greenwich)

255,939

Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith

203,710

Irish Diaspora Foundation (Manchester)

66,969

Irish Elderly Advice Network (London)

109,701

Irish Festivals Ltd. T/A Irish Arts Festival (London)

7,654

rish Heritage (Surrey)

10,205

Irish Heritage Foundation (formerly Harps Community Project, Glasgow)

51,024

Irish in Birmingham (formerly Irish Welfare and Information Centre)

275,781

Irish Network (Stevenage)

2,551

Irish Repertory Theatre and Film Company (London)

7,437

Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (London)

137,836

Irish Tuesday Club (Liverpool)

9,567

Irish World Heritage Centre (Manchester)

559,663

Kilburn Irish Pensioners

3,759

Lancashire Federation of Irish Democratic League Clubs

1,488

Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange

59,187

Leeds Irish Health and Homes

186,705

Leeds St Patrick's Day Parade and Celebrations

14,032

Leicester and Leicestershire Irish Forum

47,962

Lewisham Irish Community Centre

64,452

Lewisham Irish Pensioners Group

8,291

Liverpool Irish Festival

9,567

London Gypsy and Traveller Unit

116,717

London Irish Amateur Rugby Football Club

10,205

London Irish Business Society

6,167

London Irish Centre

572,103

London Irish Graduate Network

1,233

London Irish Music School

5,030

London Irish Pensioners Choir

3,827

Luton Irish Forum

122,457

Manchester Irish Education Group

1,240

Manchester Irish Language Group

930

Mansfield and Dukeries Irish Association

6,378

Marian Senior Citizens Club (London)

2,806

Maya Centre (London)

25,149

Milton Keynes Irish Centre

14,924

Mind Yourself (formerly London Irish Women's Centre)

76,535

Momentum Care Irish Elders Centre (Glasgow)

101,873

Monica's Place (Birmingham)

65,692

New Horizon Youth Centre (London)

48,472

NOAH Enterprise ((Luton)

96,109

North London Action for the Homeless

6,569

North Wales Irish Society

8,164

Northampton Irish Support Group

71,889

Nottingham St Patrick's Day Parade

4,933

Over 60s Pensioners Club (London)

627

Oxford Irish Society

3,189

Safe Start Foundation (Middlesex)

139,677

Sandwell Irish Community Association

13,455

Sandwell Irish Society

46,559

SanKTus (formerly Our Lady Help of Christian's Welfare) (London)

52,937

SIFA Fireside (Birmingham)

28,063

Solace Women's Aid (London)

53,442

Southwark Irish Pensioners Project

183,264

Southwark Irish Youth

6,817

Southwark Travellers Action Group

87,382

St Michael's Irish Centre (Liverpool)

73,347

St Patrick's Senior Tuesday Lunch Club (Leamington Spa)

8,419

Streetwork UK (Edinburgh)

37,184

Tara Irish Pensioners (London)

893

The Connection at St Martins (London)

25,512

The Emerald Centre (Leicester)

58,039

The Felling Irish Association (Felling, Gateshead)

868

The Golden Shamrock Club (Nottingham)

12,072

The Hibernian Society (Reading)

29,747

The Huddersfield St Patrick's Day Parade Association

5,102

The Irish Club Warrington

7,933

The Passage (London)

46,526

The South London Irish Association (Wimbledon, London)

8,174

Tricycle Theatre (London)

4,958

Tuesday Club Leeds Irish Centre

8,676

Tyneside Irish Centre

40,181

Tyneside Irish Cultural Centre

25,512

Watford Irish Association

3,100

West Hampstead Women's Centre (London)

7,398

Britain

7,596,425

USA

Aisling Irish Centre, New York

111,551

American Irish Historical Society, New York

65,455

Catholic Charities Community Services - Project Irish Outreach, New York

79,239

Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform

10,271

Chicago Irish Immigrant Support

147,887

Coalition of Irish Immigration Centres

42,238

Crossroads Irish-American Festival

8,043

Cumann na Gaeilge i mBoston

5,698

Emerald Isle Immigration Centre, New York

173,964

Glucksman Ireland House, New York University

17,711

Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Centre, Connecticut

3,848

Hudson Valley Irish Festival

7,137

Irish American Heritage Museum, Albany, New York

7,701

Irish Apostolate USA, Washington

16,547

Irish Cultural Centre of New England, Canton

87,225

Irish Heritage Society of Milford

6,931

Irish Immigration and Pastoral Centre, San Francisco

106,076

Irish Immigration and Pastoral Centre, Philadelphia

100,185

Irish International Immigration Centre, Boston

206,169

Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform

27,722

Irish Outreach, San Diego

17,671

Irish Pastoral Centre, Boston

105,463

Irish Technology Leadership Group

100,054

Mission of our Lady of the Holy Rosary Heritage Project at Watson House, New York

21,177

Museum of Newport Irish History

1,221

New York Irish Centre

114,636

Seattle Irish Immigration Support Group

8,894

The Gathering: Collected Oral Histories of the Irish in Montana

51,384

The Society of Commodore John Barry, Philadelphia

9,198

Worcester Hibernian Cultural Foundation

7,930

USA

1,669,227

Ireland

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann

177,411

Crosscare Migrant Project

172,000

Football Association of Ireland

35,000

Glór na nGael

40,000

Ireland Reaching Out

78,000

Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas

95,779

Irish International Diaspora Centre

40,000

Safe Home Programme Ltd

248,273

Ireland Canada University Foundation

34,000

GAA

370,000

Ireland

1,290,463

Australia

Australia Irish Welfare Bureau, Melbourne

106,045

The Claddagh Association, Perth

10,181

Friends of St Brigid's Association, Koroit, Victoria

14,530

Ireland Western Australia Forum, Perth

2,004

Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce Inc., Melbourne

26,214

Irish Australian Support Association of Queensland, Brisbane

65,737

Irish Australian Welfare Bureau & Resource Centre NSW, Sydney

134,415

Irish Brekkie Club, Sydney

4,810

Irish Language School/ Scoil na Gaeilge, Sydney

1,603

John Hume Institute of Global Irish Studies, UNSW

20,042

Australia

385,581

Singapore

Farmleigh Fellowship

200,000

Singapore

200,000

Canada

Emerald Isle Seniors Society, Toronto

19,374

Irish Canadian Club of Hamilton

4,494

Irish Canadian Immigration Centre

61,996

Irish Women's Network of British Columbia

1,854

Lar na nGael - Irish Centre of Brampton

20,653

St Patrick's Society, Montreal

3,487

The Irish Benevolent Society of British Columbia

5,767

The Irish Cultural Society, Calgary

34,873

Canada

152,498

New Zealand

Irish Community of New Zealand Trust

32,947

Auckland Irish Society

23,101

New Zealand

56,048

Argentina

Asociación Argentino Irlandesa de Bahia Blanca

954

Hurling Club, Buenos Aires

27,441

Sociedad Irlandesa de Arrecifes

1,591

Hogar San Patricio (St Patrick's Home)

477

Asociación Argentino Irlandesa Guillermo Brown (Asociación Irlandesa de Capital Federal)

849

Argentina

31,312

Zimbabwe

Irish Association of Mashonaland

20,572

Matabeleland Irish Association Bulawayo

6,799

Zimbabwe

27,371

France

Network Irlande

17,500

France

17,500

Korea

Irish Society of Korea

10,666

Korea

10,666

South Africa

Irish South African Association

10,635

South Africa

10,635

Spain

Spanish Irish Business Network

3,993

Spain

3,993

Norway

Norwegian Irish Society

2,169

Norway

2,169

Russia

Irish Business Club Moscow

1,476

Russia

1,476

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