Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 10 Mar 1992

Vol. 417 No. 1

Written Answers. - Voluntary Groups Funding.

Dick Spring

Ceist:

145 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Justice if he will give details of the funding, if any, which is available to voluntary groups under any of the following, or any other headings, and if he will also outline the means of application: (a) development of community centres, (b) youth activities, (c) creches, (d) women in education, (e) education in rural areas, (f) anti-poverty, (g) womens' groups, (h) rural enterprise, (i) day care centres, (j) care of the elderly, (k) laundry, (l) meals on wheels, (m) tidy towns, (n) setting up community co-ops, (o) alternative energy, (p) mother and child, (q) development in traditional craft, (r) sport and (s) health.

Minister for Justice (Mr. Flynn)

My Department makes payments of grants or capitation to groups working with or assisting the Probation and Welfare Service in developing facilities for young persons who are on supervision orders from the courts. Facilities include hostels, workshops, resource and treatment centres and day centres.

The following payments were made in 1991:

	£
Sons of Divine Providence Sarsfield House Hostel	238,483
Dublin Probation Workshop (Treble R Industries)	81,081
Dún Laoghaire Youth Project	150,267
Candle Community Trust	80,512
Waterford Probation Hostel	84,000
Cork Probation Hostel	78,750
Ballinasloe Probation Workshop	55,258
Tuam Probation Workshop	34,280
St. Patrick's Welfare Association	300
Trainee Workshop (Horticulture) All Hallows College	7,000
Lions Villa Probation Hostel	159,317
St. Vincent's Trust Day Centre	43,000
Training Workshop Usher's Island	16,000
Ballymun Youth Action Project	15,000
Youth Service Workshop, Ennis	22,954
Outreach Programme Southill, Limerick	71,000
WHAD Ballyfermot	55,843
Galway Youth Service (Cyrene House)	5,298
Percy Place	8,088
Arrupe Society	16,676
Others	9,663

A once-off capital grant of £22,954 was made in 1991 to the Youth Service Workshop, Ennis, to enable it to purchase appropriate equipment to assist in the development of programmes for youth at risk or who are referred for supervision to the Probation and Welfare Service from the courts.

My Department has made £55,000 available to the Ronanstown and Killinarden youth projects in 1991. The Garda probation and welfare service, Foróige and the Catholic Youth Council assist in the running of these projects. They provide support for youth activities as well as a programme of sporting and social events which carry an anti-crime message.

My Department also made a payment of £12,000 to the Irish Association for Victim Support in 1991.

Special provision is being made in 1992 for payment of £40,000 to Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC).