Departmental Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Questions (1491)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

1491. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name and number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from her Department that have expended resources seeking the repeal of the eighth amendment; the amount of funding these organisations have received from the State in the past five years; the amount of money they have spent on this particular campaign during that time; the number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from her Department that have expended resources seeking the retention of the eighth amendment; the amount of funding these organisations have received from the State in the past five years; and the amount of money they have spent on this particular campaign during that time. [54760/17]

Written answers

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

My Department has identified two organisations who have announced their affiliation to the Repeal the Eighth Amendment movement. Details of the funding provided to these organisations are set out in the following table.

	Funding provided	Purpose of payments
BeLong To	€840,554	Ensure the emergence, promotion, growth and development of youth organisations with distinctive philosophies and programmes aimed at the social education of young people.
ICTU	€42,815	Support the activities of the ICTU Youth Officer and Youth Committee which ensures the voices of young people is given a priority within the trade union movement.

I wish to emphasise that the financial resources allocated were for specific purposes and not intended in any way to support costs associated with the Repeal the Eighth Amendment campaign.