Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019
1019. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of current and capital funding respectively, allocated to the scheme to support national organisations in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form; and the amount expended in each year to date. [54294/18]
View answerThe Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) has a primary focus on the provision of core funding to national organisations that demonstrate good governance and deliver services and supports that have a focus on one or more of the following: addressing poverty, social exclusion and promoting equality.
The scheme provides multiannual core funding to national organisations, and allocations are provided across the total period of each iteration of the scheme. The funding provided is all current, with no capital provision.
The last iteration of the scheme ran for a 24 month period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2016, with a fully expended allocation of €8,015,518.
The current scheme commenced on 1 July 2016 and will cease on 30 June 2019. Almost €16.7m was allocated to 71 national community and voluntary organisations over the three year period of the scheme.
A Review of the 2016-2019 Scheme was undertaken by the Department, in conjunction with Pobal, to formulate the next iteration of the scheme which was advertised in December 2018 and is due to commence in July 2019. It is expected that the 36 month funding allocation for the proposed scheme will be broadly in line with the current scheme.
