Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
1129. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that is allocated by his Department, either directly or through the distribution of European Union funding, to groups based in Northern Ireland, by the amount received by each group in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [19991/22]
View answerThe table below sets out the allocations, both current and capital, made by my Department to organisations with a cross border role (Special EU Programmes Body) or are funded to provide services within this jurisdiction but whose head offices are based in Northern Ireland (Irish Methodist Youth & Children's Department and Co-Operation Ireland. .
My Department provides funding to the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) in respect of the Children and Young People’s objective of the PEACE IV programme. This is a cross-border EU co-funded initiative and 85% of the funding amount shown in the table is recouped from the European Regional Development Fund. The SEUPB is responsible for the management and provision of this funding to youth projects delivered in partnership by organisations based in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland.
Funding Allocated to Northern Ireland Groups
|
Northern Ireland Group |
DCEDIY Funding 2019 |
DCEDIY Funding 2020 |
DCEDIY Funding 2021 |
DCEDIY Funding to date 2022 |
|
Current Funding |
|
|
|
|
|
Irish Methodist Youth & Childrens Dept. |
€31,290 |
€32,542 |
€34,169 |
€35,194 |
|
Co-operation Ireland |
€31,077 |
€31,077 |
€31,380 |
Nil to date |
|
Special EU Programmes Body (EU Contribution: 85%) |
€1,883,753 |
€2,244,000 |
€1,624,176 |
€423,318 |
|
Capital Funding |
|
|
|
|
|
Irish Methodist Youth & Children’s Dept. |
Allocated: €12,609 Spend: €10,995 |
|
Allocated: €3,417 |
Nil to date |
|
Total Allocation |
€1,958,729 |
€2,307,619 |
€1,693,142 |
€458,512 |
