Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2020
943. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has restored funding to an association (details supplied) in 2020 in respect of the programmes supported in previous years; if so, the amount granted; the purpose it will be used for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10928/20]
View answerMy Department provides funding towards the regeneration of Dublin’s North East Inner City (NEIC) to support the implementation of the Mulvey Report “Creating a Brighter Future” and the NEIC Strategic Plan 2020 – 2022.
In 2019, €86,000 was provided by the NEIC Initiative to the organisation in question. This allocation funded a Football Diversionary Programme in the NEIC.
The funding allocation for the NEIC Initiative is decided on a year-to-year basis as part of the Estimates process. Once notified of the NEIC Initiative’s funding allocation for a given year, the NEIC Programme Implementation Board (PIB) invites proposals for the distribution of the funding which are then considered via a sub group structure and submitted to the PIB for approval. To date in 2020, no proposal for funding has been received by the NEIC Initiative from the organisation in question.
Funding was previously provided to the organisation in question by the then Department of Environment, Community and Local Government under the Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) for the period covering 2011 to the 30 June 2014. The SSNO is now administered by my Department and provides multi-annual funding to national organisations towards the core costs associated with the provision of services.
There was no SSNO funding awarded to the organisation prior to 2011 and none since June 2014.
