Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 December 2014
243. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by county of the funding provided to community services directed towards women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48669/14]
View answerI assume the Question refers to my Department’s Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP). The LCDP is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State. The current Programme officially ended at the end of 2013 having operated for four years with funding of €281 million over that period. It is being implemented on a transitional basis for 2014 with a budget of €47 million pending the roll out of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) in April 2015.
While the LCDP caters for disadvantaged women nationally, LCDP funding is also provided specifically for some 17 Women’s Projects under the remit of the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks (NCCWN), details of which are set out in the Table. The NCCWN was allocated funding in excess of €1.3 million under the LCDP this year. In addition, my Department also supports a number of Women’s projects under the Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO). This funding scheme, which supports national organisations in the community and voluntary sector, aims to provide multi-annual funding towards core costs associated with the provision of services. A new round of funding under this scheme commenced on 1 July 2014, under which the NCCWN was allocated some €160,122 for the two year period of 1 July 2014 – 30 June 2016. In addition, Women’s Aid and the National Travellers Women’s Forum (NTWF) have also been funded in 2014 under both the LCDP and SSNO on a national basis. In 2014, the combined funding allocated under the two programmes for Women’s Aid was €103,918, and for NTWF was €110,475.
Women’s projects funded through LCDP via the NCCWN:
1. Access 2000, Wexford
2. Blayney Blades, Monaghan
3. Clare Women’s Network, Clare
4. Claremorris Women’s Group, Mayo
5. Clondalkin Women’s Network, Clondalkin, Dublin
6. Dochas for Women, Monaghan
7. Donegal Women’s Network, Donegal
8. Limerick Women’s Network, Limerick
9. Women’s Community Projects, Mullingar, Westmeath
10. North Leitrim Women’s Resource Centre, Leitrim
11. Ronanstown Women’s CDP, Clondalkin, Dublin
12. Roscommon Women’s Network, Roscommon
13. Rowlagh Women’s Group, Clondalkin, Dublin
14. Southside Women’s Action Network, Loughlinstown, Dublin
15. Southwest Kerry Women’s Association, Kerry
16. Waterford Women’s Centre, Waterford
17. Women Together Tallaght Network, Tallaght, Dublin.
