Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 January 2014
360. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past three years. [2108/14]
View answerThe funding of Irish Charities is not a function of my Department. However through the Sports Capital Programme, funding is provided to sports, voluntary and community organisations, some of which would have charitable status, to assist with the provision of sports infrastructure and towards the purchase of sports equipment. My Department also provides grants to some organisations such as the Community Rescue Boats, Irish Cave Rescue and Mountain Rescue Ireland which includes various regional Mountain Rescue Teams, which are all registered charities and are run on a voluntary basis.
