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Departmental Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2021

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

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Peadar Tóibín

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454. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the funding allocated to each NGO and charity in each of the years 2010 to 2020 by his Department. [26653/21]

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An annual grant payment is made each year from the Defence Vote (Vote 36) to the Irish Red Cross Society (IRCS) towards the administrative running costs of its headquarters.

Following a Government decision in 2015,  additional once-off funding was also provided to the IRCS through the  Defence Vote for  the Emergency Humanitarian Support Scheme for small businesses, following severe weather and flooding events. The additional amounts provided were €5 million in 2015, €750,000 in 2017 and €300,000 in 2018.

In December 2018, a Government decision provided for an allocation of €85,000 from the Defence Vote to Sail Training Ireland for 2019 and 2020, subject to the organisation being compliant with the Code of Governance for Voluntary Bodies.  Sail Training Ireland is a charitable organisation established in 2011 by individuals who were previously involved with the State funded ‘Asgard’ sail training vessel.  The full amount was paid in 2019, however, due to Covid-19 only €20,000 was paid in 2020, with the remaining balance due to be paid in 2021 if voyages re-commence and performance delivery objectives are achieved.

All details from 2010 to 2020 are set out in the table below.

Table: Amounts of funding paid to Charities/NGO's from the Defence Vote from 2010 to 2020.

YEAR

IRISH RED CROSS SOCIETY

€'000 

SAIL TRAINING IRELAND

€'000 

TOTAL

€'000

2010 

951 

 

951 

2011

951

 

951 

2012

869 

 

869 

2013 

869 

 

869 

2014 

869 

 

869 

2015 

5,869 

 

5,869

2016 

869 

 

869 

2017 

1,619 

 

1,619 

2018 

1,169 

 

1,169

2019 

932 

85 

1,017

2020 

965

20

985 

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