John Deasy
Ceist:268. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past three years. [2098/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 16 January 2014
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Freagraí scríofa
The accompanying table outlines the annual amounts paid by the Department to registered charities since 2011:
|
YEAR |
ORGANISATIONAL/BODY |
ORGANISATIONAL/BODY |
ORGANISATIONAL/BODY |
|
- |
Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women (ONE) |
Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA) |
The Irish Red Cross Society |
|
2011 |
€40,000 |
€10,000 |
€951,000 |
|
2012 |
€40,000 |
€10,000 |
€869,000 |
|
2013 |
€40,000 |
€10,000 |
€869,000 |
Both the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women (O.N.E.) and Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA) are registered as charitable organisations (CHY 13868 and CHY 10066 respectively). A condition of the grants/subventions to ONE and IUNVA is the annual submission of audited accounts to the Department.
The Irish Red Cross Society (CHY 3950) is an independent statute based charitable organisation with full power to manage its own affairs. This grant is provided as a contribution towards the salary and administration costs of running the Society's headquarters, and it also includes the Government’s annual contribution of €130,000 to the International Committee of the Red Cross. A report on how the annual grant is utilised by the Society is provided to my Department each year.