Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 December 2017
426. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51432/17]
View answerIn the period since 2014, my Department provided funding under the BenefIT Programme to one of the entities listed in the Deputy's Question. The BenefIT Programme, which operated between 2008 and mid-2016, funded the provision of the basic digital skills training by community, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations to citizens to promote digital inclusion.
Details of the funding provided are set out in the following table.
|
Organisation |
Programme |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Irish Congress of Trade Unions |
BenefIT |
€42,950 |
€128,851 |
