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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 19 Oct 1994

Vol. 446 No. 1

Written Answers. - Grant Allocation to Immigrant Groups in US.

Dinny McGinley

Ceist:

84 Mr. McGinley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has met members of the Irish Immigration Centre in Boston in recent times; and the amount of funding allocated to the Boston Centre for the current year. [1658/94]

Dinny McGinley

Ceist:

85 Mr. McGinley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total grant allocation by him to immigrant groups in the USA for 1994; and the amount given to each group. [1659/94]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 85 together. Irish immigration centres in the United States received a total of £150,000 in grants in 1994, distributed as follows:

£

Irish Immigration Centre, Boston

16,234

Irish Pastoral Centre, Boston

27,597

Irish Immigration Service, Chicago

11,668

Emigration Assistance Coalition, Los Angeles

3,247

Bronx AOH, New York

650

Emerald Isle Immigration Centre, New York

28,247

Irish Apostolate of the Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens, New York

11,688

Project Irish Outreach, New York

39,610

Gaelic Immigration Assistance, Philadelphia

1,298

Cara, San Francisco

3,247

Foir, San Francisco

6,494

Total

150,000

I last met members of the Irish Immigration Centre in Boston on 24 September 1993, prior to a dinner hosted by the centre in honour of Senator Edward Kennedy, which I attended.
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