I propose to take Questions Nos. 337 and 356 together.
I understand that the organisation in question was established in 2009 as a result of the amalgamation of two other bodies.
The only funding the organisation itself has received from my Department was a payment made in 2010 in respect of monies owed to one of the predecessor bodies. Details of payments to those bodies since 2005 and the schemes under which they were made are in the following table. As the names of the Funds imply, the payments from the European Refugee Fund and the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals were financed by the EU.
Year
|
Grant under the National Action Plan against Racism
|
Small Grants for immigrant integration
|
European Refugee Fund
|
European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals
|
Immigrant Integration Fund
|
2005
|
7,000
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
86,755
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
90,791
|
|
158,906
|
2008
|
|
|
1,317
|
30,000
|
56,466
|
2009
|
|
|
11,082
|
55,500
|
|
2010
|
|
|
1,968
|
|
|
In 2011, the organisation repaid €12,455 in respect of unspent funds.
The above grants were subject to appropriate reporting and verification procedures and there is no reason to think that they were not utilised correctly.