asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of money spent to date, with details of the recipients in each case, from the special inner city development fund established in 1978.
Written Answers - Inner City Development Fund
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Minister for The Environment (Mr. Barrett)
The Inner City Fund was established in July 1979 when Dáil Éireann passed a Supplementary Estimate for a grant-in-aid of £1 million "for economic and social improvement purposes in Dublin Inner City".
An amount of £67,000 was paid from the fund to the Industrial Development Authority in December 1979 to subsidise the acquisition for industry of two sites in the inner city area. Five further allocations amounting to £86,500 have been made and arrangements for the payment of these will be made shortly. Details are as follows—
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1. North Inner City Co-operative Management grant. |
8,000 |
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Assistance towards the cost of materials for a manufacturing project (Rutland Design and Display) |
1,000 |
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2. Lourdes Youth Community Centre, Rutland Street Schools Assistance towards cost of materials for the renovation of premises in association with AnCO Community Youth Training Programme |
20,000 |
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3. Industrial Co-operative (Inner City) Society Ltd. |
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Grant for a market research and development survey in relation to the manufacture of educational toys and games |
7,500 |
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4. Dublin Corporation Employment on environmental improvement schemes of workers from the inner city area |
50,000 |