The funding provided by my Department to Right of Place from 2001 to 2013, when my Department ceased funding survivor groups, is as follows:
2001 - €269,971.71
2002 - €149,423
2003 - €135,381
2004 - €124,783
2005 - €127,904
2006 - €52,690
2007 - €89,280
2008 - €87,998
2009 - €75,944.76
2010 - €44,616.54
2011 - €22,115.95
2012 - €18,795.81
2013 - €12,333.58
Total €1,211,237.35
This funding, which was channelled through City of Cork VEC, includes the cost of a co-ordinator engaged by the VEC on behalf of my Department, who monitored the expenditure of these funds. Expenditure receipts were provided to the co-ordinator along with the annual accounts of the organisation and details of the receipts and copies of the annual accounts were provided to the Department. This organisation receives the majority of its funding from the Health Service Executive and as advocated by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his Special Report No 74, my Department liaised with the HSE to ensure a co-ordinated approach to its funding and that no duplication of funding arose. My Department's funding was solely for the provision of an information and referral service to survivors following an assessment of activities. It had no function in the operation of the Right of Place Building Project Limited or any other property/accommodation services managed by the organisation.