The total funding available to my Department in respect of Traveller and Roma initiatives for 2017 is €3,230,000, of which €1,350,000, in respect of funding for 14 Traveller community groups and national-level NGOs, transferred to my Department from the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government on 1 January 2016. This was in addition to a sum of €550,000 which transferred to my Department from the Department of Social Protection (for 7 Special Initiative for Travellers projects) on 1 January 2015. My Department provided funding of €273,800 in 2014, €864,188 in 2015 and €2,103,830 in 2016 for Traveller specific initiatives. Details of the funding allocation in the years in question are set out in the following Table.
As in previous years, my Department has made funding available to Traveller Interagency Groups and Community Groups for activities around Traveller Pride Week in 2017. Funding, averaging about €2,000 for each approved project, is available for suitable projects which celebrate Traveller Culture in local communities. The flagship event of Traveller Pride Week, the Traveller Pride Awards, is also sponsored by my Department.
As the Deputy will be aware, my Department has led a comprehensive consultation process to develop the new National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy, which I launched on 13 June 2017, to improve the situation for Travellers and Roma in Ireland. I have been successful in gaining sanction for €1 million in additional funding in 2017 for Traveller and Roma initiatives related to the new Inclusion Strategy. This is a positive step forward and demonstrates both the Government’s and my Department's commitment to supporting the Traveller community nationwide.
My Department has an advisory group in place. The National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy Steering Group was set up in 2015 after a review of existing Traveller and Roma consultation structures by my Department to monitor and assess the implementation of the Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy and is in line with the EU Framework for the Implementation of Roma Integration Strategies.
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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Cost
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Agency
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Cost
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Agency
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Cost
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Agency
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Cost
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Agency
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Carlow
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€2,000
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Carlow Traveller Interagency Group
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€2,000
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St. Catherines Community Services Centre
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€2,000
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Carlow Traveller Interagency Group
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Cavan
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€2,000
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Cavan Traveller Interagency Group
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€2,090
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Cavan Traveller Interagency Group
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Clare
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€2,000
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Clare Traveller Interagency Group
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€38,071
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Congress Info. & Opportunity Centre, Clare
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€26,962
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Congress Info. & Opportunity Centre, Clare
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€27,758
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Congress Info. & Opportunity Centre, Clare
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€8,000
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Ennis CDP
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€12,000
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Ennis CDP
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€2,000
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Clare Traveller Interagency Group
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€11,055
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Minceirs Whiden
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€35,132
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Minceirs Whiden
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€3,000
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Clare Traveller Interagency Group
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€2,000
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Clare Traveller Interagency Group
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Cork
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€4,700
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Traveller Interagency Group
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€44,453
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First EmployAbility Services Cork
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€33,735
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First EmployAbility Services Cork
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€23,505
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First EmployAbility Services Cork
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€4,237
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Cork City Traveller Interagency Group
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€4,000
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Cork City Traveller Interagency Group
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€1,460
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Cork County Traveller Interagency Group
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€1,850
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Cork County Traveller Interagency Group
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Donegal
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€2,000
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Donegal Local Devlopment Co
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€46,757
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Donegal Local Devlopment Co
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€51,390
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Donegal Local Devlopment Co
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€12,909
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Donegal Local Devlopment Co
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€2,000
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Donegal Local Devlopment Co
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€88,460
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Donegal Travellers Project
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€43,230
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Donegal Travellers Project
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Dublin
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€89,486
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Pavee Point
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€8,000
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Traveller Counselling Service
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€46,650
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Traveller Counselling Service
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Traveller Counselling Service
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€360
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Fingal Travellers Development Group
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€28,664
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Pavee Point
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€104,514
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Pavee Point
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€56,282
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Pavee Point
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€4,000
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Sth. Dublin Traveller Schools Project
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€5,550
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South Dublin County Council
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€2,352
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South Dublin County Council
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South Dublin County Council
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€4,075
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Dublin City Council Traveller Interagency Group
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€1,835
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Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group
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€114,602
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Irish Traveller Movement
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€101,432
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Irish Traveller Movement
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€1,500
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South Dublin County Council
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€2,250
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St. Margarets Traveller Community Assoc.
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€89,552
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National Traveller Womens Forum
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€44,997
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National Traveller Womens Forum
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€2,010
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Ballyfermot Travellers
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€129,809
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ClondalkinTraveller Development Group
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€69,905
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ClondalkinTraveller Development Group
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€45,000
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Musicantia
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€42,873
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Ballyfermot Travellers
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€81,780
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Tallaght Travellers
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€44,677
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Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group
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€87,746
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Ballyfermot Travellers
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€33,060
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St. Margarets Traveller Community Assoc.
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€89,534
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Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group
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€41,453
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Travact
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€66,121
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St. Margarets Traveller Community Assoc.
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€39,935
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Tallaght Travellers
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€82,907
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Travact
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Galway
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€5,100
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Galway County Traveller Interagency Group
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€34,739
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Galway and Roscommon ETB
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€30,653
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Galway and Roscommon ETB
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€11,593
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Galway and Roscommon ETB
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€4,480
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Galway Traveller Movement
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€2,000
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Galway Traveller Movement
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€99,287
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Galway Traveller Movement
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€48,643
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Galway Traveller Movement
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Kerry
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€66,825
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EmployAbility Service Kerry
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€70,150
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EmployAbility Service Kerry
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€35,573
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EmployAbility Service Kerry
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€1,015
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Kerry Traveller Interagency Group
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Laois
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€2,000
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Laois Traveller Action Group
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Limerick
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€3,000
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Limerick County Traveller Interagency Group
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Longford
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€1,985
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Longford Traveller Interagency Group
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€2,000
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Longford Primary Healtcare Project
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Mayo
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€2,000
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Mayo Traveller Interagency Group
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Meath
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€2,000
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Meath Traveller Interagency Group
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€55,306
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Jobmatters EmployAbility Service Meath
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€46,068
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Jobmatters EmployAbility Service Meath
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€14,053
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Jobmatters EmployAbility Service Meath
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€2,000
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Meath Traveller Interagency Group
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€124,420
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Meath Travellers Group
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€61,210
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Meath Travellers Group
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Offaly
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€112,306
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Midlands Traveller Conflict Mediation Service
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€1,000,000
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Midlands Traveller Conflict Mediation Service
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€110,000
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Midlands Traveller Conflict Mediation Service
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€100,000
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Midlands Traveller Conflict Mediation Service
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€2,000
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Offaly Traveller Movement
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€1,700
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Offaly Traveller Movement
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€84,748
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Offaly Traveller Movement
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€41,374
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Offaly Traveller Movement
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€800
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Birr Travellers
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€800
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Birr Travellers
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Roscommon
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€2,000
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Roscommon Traveller Interagency Group
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€2,000
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Roscommon Traveller Interagency Group
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Sligo
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€2,000
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Sligo Traveller Interagency Group
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€30,940
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Sligo Leader Partnership
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€19,734
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Sligo Leader Partnership
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€12,815
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Sligo Leader Partnership
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€2,000
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Sligo Traveller Interagency Group
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Tipperary
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€2,000
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Nth. Tipperary Leader Partnership
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€91,410
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Tipperary Rural Traveller Project
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€45,705
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Tipperary Rural Traveller Project
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€2,000
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Tipperary Rural Traveller Project
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Waterford
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€1,650
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Waterford Traveller Interagency Group
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€9,720
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Ucasadh
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€32,000
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Ucasadh
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€2,000
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Dungarvan Traveller Womens Support group
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€3,750
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Waterford Devlopment Project
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€3,049
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Waterford Traveller Interagency Group
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€41,291
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Waterford Traveller Community Development
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|
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€82,583
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Waterford Traveller Community Development
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Westmeath
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€1,169
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Westmeath Traveller Interagency Group
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€1,249
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Westmeath Traveller Interagency Group
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Wexford
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€1,940
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Ferns Diocesan Youth Service
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|
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Wicklow
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€2,970
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Bray Travellers
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€1,680
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Bray Travllers
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€87,444
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Bray Travllers CDP
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€42,882
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Bray Travllers CDP
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|
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€1,980
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Wicklow Travellers
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€80,655
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Wicklow Travellers
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€39,827
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Wicklow Travellers
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Total
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€256,781
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€1,424,101
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€2,060,305
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€1,072,287
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