Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2023
579. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of NGOs that he and bodies under the aegis of his Department suspended funding and or grant aid to due to their failure to file accounts and or concerns in respect of their governance in the years 2019 to 2022, and to date in 2023; and the amount of funding per NGO that was suspended. [8658/23]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that funding to two organisations was suspended by my Department in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023 due to concerns around governance.
Funding of €45,021 to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) was suspended between April 2019 and April 2020. This funding was provided from the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund which transferred to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in October 2020, and as such that Department would have made any subsequent payments.
Funding to the Federation for Victim Assistance (FVA) ceased in 2020. The FVA returned €10,000 in unspent funds from 2020 in January 2021 and has not received any further funding from my Department.
