Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 July 2016
87. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount allocated to Ireland under the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in 2014 and 2015; the amount that has been drawn down by the Irish authorities in 2014 and 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23157/16]
View answer88. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way the funding received from the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in both 2014 and 2015 has been spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23158/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 87 and 88 together.
Ireland's allocation under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund is €19.519 million and the eligibility period for expenditure extends to the end of 2022. In addition, Member States receive lump sums of €6,000 per person resettled or relocated which rises to €10,000 for certain categories of resettled persons.
No expenditure under the Fund has taken place to date but my Department will publish a call for proposals in early September. The above-mentioned €19.519 million remains available to us.
My Department has submitted a claim of €1.96 million for lump sums in respect of persons resettled up to 15 October 2015 (which is the end of the financial year of the Fund).
