Dara Calleary
Ceist:621. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a grant application by an organisation (details supplied) will be decided upon. [42947/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 10 October 2017
Ceisteanna (621, 625)
Michael Healy-Rae
Ceist:625. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on funding an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42978/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 621 and 625 together.
In 2017, funding of €57.4 million has been provided to my Department for various youth schemes, an increase of €5.5 million over 2016. The additional funding is being used for programmes that target disadvantaged young people and to assist national youth organisations in their work to support local voluntary youth services. My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. These schemes include the Youth Service Grant Scheme, amounting to €10.65 million in 2017, under which funding is made available on an annual basis to 30 national and major regional youth organisations. This funding is intended to ensure the emergence, promotion, growth and development of youth organisations with distinctive philosophies and programmes aimed at the social education of young people.
Scouting Ireland receives grant aid on an annual basis under the Youth Service Grant Scheme. Details of the funding allocated to Scouting Ireland by my Department since it establishment in 2011 are outlined in the following table.
|
Youth Service Grant Scheme |
Year |
Grant € |
|
2017 |
876,337 |
|
|
2016 |
834,607 |
|
|
2015 |
814,250 |
|
|
2014 |
814,250 |
|
|
2013 |
845,974 |
|
|
2012 |
939,971 |
|
|
2011 |
1,005,317 |
In addition to the above, Scouting Ireland was allocated €150,000 in current funding in 2015 and a further €200,000 in Dormant Accounts funding in 2016 to support the Operation Lelievlet youth employment initiative.
Scouting Ireland also received €49,630 under the capital funding scheme for youth projects and services in 2016 to fund the improvement of disability access and security at Scouting Ireland.
In 2015, €30,000 was also allocated to Scouting Ireland to assist it with its budget sustainability to the end of the year.
In addition to the grant funding provided to Scouting Ireland in 2017, an additional application has been received for funding for its AcadaMoot Programme and this application is currently under consideration within my Department.