Departmental Funding

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Questions (345)

Carol Nolan

Question:

345. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24377/21]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

My Department provides funding to a range of organisations that might be considered non-governmental organisations (NGOs). However, there is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes an NGO and so the Department does not hold information on the NGO status, or otherwise, of bodies in receipt of funding.

On that basis I am providing an indicative list of organisations commonly considered to be NGOs that my Department allocated funding to in 2020. Details are in the following table:

Name of NGO	Amount of funding allocated in 2020
National Women’s Council of Ireland	€3,700
Women for Election	€132,300
Longford Women’s Link	€104,000
Immigrant Council of Ireland	€24,090
Chambers Ireland	€25,000
Irish Peatlands Conservation Council	€7,367.96
Community Wetlands Forum via Irish Rural Link	€25,000
Bat Conservation Ireland	€4,840.00
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland	€24,900
Burren Beo Trust	€15,000.00
Irish Forum for Natural Capital Grant funding	€23,000
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group	€10,000
Irish Traveller Movement	€96,154.82
Alone	€24,000
Threshold	€800,000
Voluntary Housing Support Services	€40,000
Irish Council for Social Housing	€515,000
Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland	€30,000
Royal Irish Academy	€59,582
European Archaeological Council	€20,000
An Taisce	€691,905.50
Coastwatch	€32,563
Sustainable Water Network Ireland	€226,977
Irish Heritage Trust	€848,759.49
Irish Landmark Trust	€40,000
Irish Architectural Foundation	€93,000
Irish Architectural Archive	€18,000
International Council on Monuments and Sites	€17,500
Irish Georgian Society	€4,540