Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014
679. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding provided to Philanthropy Ireland in 2013 and estimated in 2014, broken down by expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13347/14]
View answer680. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the name of companies that were hired by Philantrophy Ireland for public relations works in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13348/14]
View answer683. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his Department met with Philanthropy Ireland in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13387/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 679, 680 and 683 together.
Funding of approximately €1.9 million over a three-year period, beginning in 2012, is being allocated to Philanthropy Ireland (on the basis that it is matched with funding from philanthropic sources) to support the work of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising. During 2013 my Department provided €631,635 to Philanthropy Ireland; this covers core costs for the organisation (€60,000), the roll out of the National Giving Campaign (€551,635) and the set-up of the Social Innovation Fund (€20,000). To date in 2014, funding of €315,817.50 has been provided to the organisation, representing 50% of the annual allocation in support of Philanthropy Ireland forum-related work, as outlined above.
Philanthropy Ireland recently provided a report to my Department on the National Giving Campaign which shows that Drury Communications were contracted by Philanthropy Ireland from the middle of 2012 to provide public relations support for this campaign. As the remaining funding provided by my Department to Philanthropy Ireland is in respect of core costs priority, my Department does not hold other information relating to Public Relations Companies hired by Philanthropy Ireland.
My Department met with Philanthropy Ireland on a number of occasions through the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising and separately in respect of the contractual arrangements and progress in respect of the Organisation’s delivery on the recommendations of the Forum to grow and develop philanthropy in Ireland. Details of these meetings are set out in the following table.
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Meeting Date |
Meeting Description |
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21/04/2011 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy |
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18/05/2011 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy |
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29/06/ 2011 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy |
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5/09/2011 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy |
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21/09/2011 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising |
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06/10/2011 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising |
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15/11/2011 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising |
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6/12/2011 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising |
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25/04/2012 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising |
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04/07/2012 |
Launch of Forum Report in National Library – An Taoiseach and Minister Hogan in attendance. 80 attendees. Pre-launch briefing meeting with Minister Hogan in Leinster House |
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17/07/2012 |
Official – Dept Environment, Community and Local Government, contract negotiations |
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26/07/2012 |
Official – Dept Environment, Community and Local Government, contract negotiations |
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13/11/2012 |
Official – Dept Environment, Community and Local Government – Social Innovation Fund meeting with Paul Carttar of Social Investment Fund USA |
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06/06/2013 |
Minister Hogan – Forum Update meeting |
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19/06/2013 |
Launch of One Percent Campaign in Smock Alley Theatre. MInister Hogan and Department officials in attendance – total approximately 300 attendees. |
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08/07/2013 |
Official – Dept Environment, Community and Local Government, National Giving Campaign |
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24/07/2013 |
Official – Dept Environment, Community and Local Government, National Giving Campaign |
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16/09/2013 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising |
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26/11/2013 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising |
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16/01/2014 |
Official – Dept Environment, Community and Local Government, progress report on National Giving Campaign. |
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03/02/2014 |
Official – Dept Environment, Community and Local Government, progress report on National Giving Campaign. |
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11/02/2014 |
Official – Dept Environment, Community and Local Government, progress report on National Giving Campaign. |
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25/02/2014 |
Meeting of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising |
