Niamh Smyth
Question:478. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the investment made by his Department in the Cavan, Monaghan and north Meath area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37645/17]
View answerMonday, 11 September 2017
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My Department administers a number of funding programmes, including Ireland's official overseas development programme, Irish Aid. As part of Irish Aid, funding is provided through the annual Development Education Grants Scheme for projects aimed at promoting awareness of and engagement with global development and justice issues. Information on Development Education grants is available on the Irish Aid website www.irishaid.ie.
Since it was established in 1982, the Reconciliation Fund has been supporting NGOs, community groups, and voluntary organisations to support reconciliation and to create better understanding between people and traditions on the island of Ireland and between Ireland and Britain. The Fund has an annual budget of €2.7 million with which it supports such projects. Communities from across both Northern Ireland and the border region have in particular been beneficiaries of the Fund. The projects listed below which were awarded grants by the Fund in 2016 have promoted reconciliation by bringing people together on a cross-community and cross-border basis around activities focusing on sports, commemoration, and youth.
My Department’s Emigrant Support Programme supports Irish communities overseas by funding non-profit organisations and projects. From time to time funding is granted to an organisation based in Ireland for projects overseas to foster more strategic links with the global Irish and to support frontline welfare services that help the most vulnerable members of our overseas communities.
The table lists funding provided to projects in the Cavan, Monaghan and Meath area through the Development Education Grants Scheme, the Reconciliation Fund and the Emigrant Support Fund from March 2016 to date. The table also provides details of nationwide programmes, for which a county-by-county breakdown is not available.
|
Name |
Project Title |
Location |
Amount in 2016 |
Amount in 2017 |
|
Amnesty |
The Right Sparks Project: A CPD Programme in development education for primary school teachers |
Nationwide |
€40,000 |
- |
|
An Taisce |
Green Schools - Global Citizenship |
Nationwide |
€40,000 |
€48,000 |
|
Development Perspectives |
Insight: Development Education accredited programme for adults. |
Edition 1 - Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan |
€40,000 |
- |
|
Development Perspectives |
SDG Challenge |
Nationwide |
- |
€50,000 |
|
Eco-Unesco |
Youth for Sustainable Development;Global Youth Leaders for Change |
Dublin, Meath, Louth,Galway |
- |
€95,000 |
|
NYCI |
2030 Vision: New Goals. New Approach |
Nationwide |
€85,000 |
€95,000 |
|
Tearfund |
Church of Ireland Youth Leader Development Education Training Year 2 |
Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, Dundalk and Drogheda |
€10,000 |
- |
|
Tearfund |
Church of Ireland Youth Leader Development Education Training Year 3 |
Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, Ross and Meath. |
- |
13,810 |
|
Poetry Ireland |
Professional Development for Primary-School Teachers in Arts-Based Approaches to Development Education |
Dublin and Navan, Co. Meath |
- |
€10,550 |
|
Clogher 2016 Historical Commemoration Committee |
1916-2016 Cross-Border Centenary Commemorations Programme. |
Fermanagh and Monaghan |
€5,000 |
|
|
Knockconan-Aughnacloy Cross Border Summer Camp |
Cross-Border Summer Camp |
Monaghan and Tyrone |
€3,000 |
- |
|
Old School Boxing Club |
Boxing for Peace Cross-Border Project |
Derry and Monaghan |
€8,000 |
- |
|
Glór na nGael |
Irish language projects abroad |
Meath |
€35,000 |
€35,000(awaiting approval) |