Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 May 2011
97 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Social Protection the level of State grants and or other supports given by her or any agency or State body attached to her Department to the Institute of International and European Affairs during the past two decades up to 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10845/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Departments records, which are only readily available from 1998 onwards, show that a small number of payments totalling €45,371 were made to the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) since 1998 in respect of corporate membership subscriptions, the Student Summer Job Scheme, reimbursement of costs of teas and coffees for meetings and the purchase of a publication.
The Department has no record of any payments of grants or other supports to the Institute.
The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department are the Pensions Board, the Citizens Information Board and the Social Welfare Tribunal.
None of the above statutory bodies have made payments to the Institute of International and European Affairs during the past two decades up to 2011.
In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman (OPO) comes under the remit of the Department and the Department makes payments on its behalf. There are no records of payments to the IIEA on behalf of the OPO.
