Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 October 2018
127. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the grants provided to sports and cultural clubs in the United States of America over the past ten years; the details of these clubs; the amount received by year; the criteria for grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42062/18]
View answerThe Emigrant Support Programme has been in operation since 2004. In the period to date over €34 million has been allocated to organisations in the United States of America. Most of the grants for 2018 have been announced but decisions on a small number of grants have yet to be finalised and these will be communicated to the organisations involved in the coming weeks.
The Deputy has enquired specifically as to the amount of money allocated to sports and culture clubs in in America over the past ten years. The total amount provided in grants in these specific areas in the United States of America, including the amounts granted to date in 2018, is €6,147,839. A detailed breakdown of the individual grants made will be sent separately to the Deputy by my office.
Information on Emigrant Support Programme grants for the United States and for all other countries is uploaded on the Department’s website annually and may be found at the following link: https://www.dfa.ie/global-irish/support-overseas/emigrant-support-programme/previous-funding/
