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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2019

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Questions (114)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for reconciliation fund grant aid has been received from an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when a decision on same will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21351/19]

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My Department’s Reconciliation Fund awards grants to organisations working to build better relations within and between traditions in Northern Ireland, between North and South, and between Ireland and Britain.  It operates on the basis of two annual funding rounds.  The first round of 2019 opened on 26th March and closed on 16th April. By the closing date, no funding application had been received from the particular organisation referred to by the Deputy.  That organisation has, however, been in contact separately with my officials, since the first funding round closed, regarding the possibility of making an application.  My officials are assisting the organisation with its enquiries and providing the necessary information to enable the organisation to apply, should it wish to do so, in the next funding round, scheduled for autumn 2019.

Details of the timing for the second funding round will be posted to the Reconciliation Fund page on my Department’s website during summer 2019.  Further information on the operation of the Fund and the application process is available at: www.dfa.ie/about-us/funding/reconciliation-fund/.

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