Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2024
514. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much State funding has been provided to the DSPCA facility at Mount Venus Road from 2019-2024, in tabular form; the purposes for which this money was granted to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10102/24]
View answerThe table below sets out the amounts of funding awarded by my Department to the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA), over the period 2019 to 2024. The majority of this funding was awarded to DSPCA through the Animal Welfare Grants programme, run by my Department, under which registered animal charities, providing animal welfare services, in Ireland, can apply for funding.
The figure for 2024, to date, relates to an equine care programme and does not include any Animal Welfare Grant funding, as these grants have not yet been awarded for 2024. The figure for 2019 is inclusive of €9608 which also relates to an equine care programme.
|
Year |
Award |
|
2024 |
€1987.25 |
|
2023 |
€931,750 |
|
2022 |
€891,750 |
|
2021 |
€615,000 |
|
2020 |
€535,000 |
|
2019 |
€494,608 |
