Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 November 2023
509. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details in tabular form of Ireland's potential share in total of the asylum, migration and integration fund; how much has been awarded to date under the fund; if matching funding is required by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52305/23]
View answerThe financial envelope for the 2021-2027 Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for EU member states is €9.88 billion. Of this amount, €3.61 billion has been retained by the EU as a ‘Thematic Facility’. The thematic facility is intended to complement funding made available to member states national programmes, with a focus on actions with EU added value in a diverse number of policy areas, such as international protection, legal migration and integration. It will also be used to support, for example, resettlement and humanitarian admission programmes and to provide emergency assistance to member states. Ireland has been allocated €11.11 million from the thematic facility to support resettlement and humanitarian admission programmes, with further funding likely to become available in future years.
The balance, €6.27 billion, has been allocated to member states to implement their approved national programmes. Ireland’s allocation from this balance is €38.66 million. Under Ireland’s national programme, it is estimated that National Exchequer co-funding will amount to €6.2 million over the full programme period.
No grant agreements have been signed as of yet under the new national programme. However, in October 2023, my Department launched an Open Call for Proposals under the national programme in the amount of €10 million, to fund projects providing Reception and Integration supports to third country nationals for a four-year period. The closing date for applicants is 12:00 noon on 1 December.
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Total EU funding |
of which National Programme Allocation |
of which Thematic Facility allocation |
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EU AMIF budget |
9.882bn |
6.270bn |
3.612bn |
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Ireland AMIF budget |
49.77m |
38.66m |
11.11m |
