Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 December 2014
337. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question 286 of 7 October 2014, if she will indicate if she is satisfied that all moneys advanced to an organisation (details supplied) have been properly accounted for, in view of the attached correspondence from the organisation's risk and audit committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46097/14]
View answer356. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced in respect of an organisation (details supplied) from 2005 to 2014, specifically if any European funding has been channelled through her Department to this body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46242/14]
View answerI 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.
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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 |
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2006 |
86,755 |
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2007 |
90,791 |
158,906 |
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2008 |
1,317 |
30,000 |
56,466 |
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2009 |
11,082 |
55,500 |
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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.
