Business Supports

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Questions (471)

Louise O'Reilly

Question:

471. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice the total monetary amount of non-repayable moneys provided by his Department through grants, funding supports, tax breaks or other means to businesses in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3386/23]

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Minister for Justice

It has not been possible to collate the information requested within the timeframe. I will revert to the Deputy directly as soon as the information is available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 24 January 2023, where you sought: To ask the Minister for Justice the total monetary amount of non-repayable monies provided by his Department through grants, funding supports, tax breaks or other means to businesses in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form.

As you will recall, I undertook to revert to you directly as soon as the information was to hand.

My Department does not operate any schemes which are designed to provide direct supports to businesses, and the granting of tax breaks is not for this Department.

A range of grant schemes are operated by my Department which provide funding to civic society and community based organisations, to support the strategic goals of my Department, and to contribute to our vision of a safe, fair and inclusive Ireland.

The table below sets out the grant funding provided by theme for the years 2020-2022.

The ‘Others’ category includes a range of organisations and initiatives, including Free Legal Advice Centres and crime prevention.

	2020	2021	2022*
Probation and Welfare - Projects (Voluntary Bodies)	16,171,779	16,840,711	16,842,518
Social Disadvantage (Dormant Accounts Funded)	6,681,547	8,508,809	9,073,338
Funding for Victims of Crime and Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence	4,404,789	5,583,024	9,524,968
Youth Justice Services	14,196,482	15,109,789	22,817,388
Others	1,605,045	1,625,160	5,121,953
Total	43,059,642	47,667,493	63,380,165

*Please note that the 2022 appropriation accounts have not yet been finalised.

I hope this information will be of assistance to you.