Written answers
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Emigrant Support Services
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding received by each organisation supported under the emigrant support programme in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50438/13]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) provides funding to not-for-profit organisations and projects to support Irish communities overseas and to facilitate the development of more strategic links between Ireland and the global Irish. The focus of the Emigrant Support Programme is on initiatives that: address the needs of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable Irish emigrants; enhance access for Irish emigrants and Irish community organisations to local statutory and voluntary services; foster a more vibrant sense of community and Irish identity amongst the Irish abroad; and encourage closer links between Irish communities abroad and Ireland, to the benefit of both. In addition, since 2009, the Programme also supports projects aimed at creating practical results orientated links between Ireland and the global Irish, and projects that emerged as a consequence of the Global Irish Economic Forum and its follow up. A list of payments made, to date, in 2013 is below. Payments in respect of a number of approved grants is currently being processed and I would be happy to provide the Deputy with a complete list of 2013 grants following the end of the financial year. Funding details for 2012 and 2011 are also set out below.
2013 Emigrant Services Grants Summaries(to date)
| Britain | |
|---|---|
| Acton Homeless Concern (London) | 53,663 |
| Aisling Project (London) | 107,613.05 |
| Bell Farm Christian Centre (Middlesex) | 8,586.15 |
| Benefits Advice Shop (London) | 4,666.36 |
| Birmingham St Patrick's Festival | 9,158.56 |
| Blackfriars Advice Centre (London) | 11,448.20 |
| Bolton Irish Community Association | 5,855.14 |
| Brent Centre for Young People | 20,998.60 |
| Brent Irish Advisory Service (London) | 158,557.53 |
| Brian Boru Club (Wigan) | 24,498.37 |
| Bristol Playbus | 2,927.57 |
| Celtic & Irish Cultural Society | 21,179.16 |
| Conradh na Gaeilge, Glaschú | 42,580.49 |
| Coventry Irish Society | 138,007.47 |
| Cricklewood Homeless Concern | 182,026.33 |
| Doncaster Irish Association | 4,199.72 |
| Edinburgh Cyrenians | 9,368.23 |
| Emerald Circle Club, Harrow | 3,434.46 |
| Emerald Senior Citizens Group | 5,366.31 |
| Feith an Cheoil School of Irish Traditional Music | 4,666.36 |
| Forest Bus | 5,724.10 |
| Friends, Families and Travellers | 17,172.30 |
| Halifax Irish Centre | 1,166.59 |
| Haringay Cultural and Community Centre | 170,578.13 |
| Haslingden & Davitt IDL Club | 4,666.36 |
| Huddersfield Irish Centre | 4,006.87 |
| Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy (ICAP) | 184,315.97 |
| Innisfree Housing Association | 35,130.86 |
| Irish Arts Foundation | 81,854.61 |
| Irish Chaplaincy in Britain | 258,982.73 |
| Irish Community Care Merseyside | 279,398.04 |
| Irish Community Services Greenwich, Bexley (formerly Irish in Greenwich) | 246,708.64 |
| Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith | 160,274.76 |
| Irish Diaspora Foundation | 51,516.89 |
| Irish Elderly Advice Network | 105,323.41 |
| Irish Heritage | 8,013.74 |
| Irish Heritage Foundation Scotland (formerly Harps Community Project, Glasgow) | 46,663.56 |
| Irish in Birmingham (formerly Irish Welfare and Information Centre) | 230,108.76 |
| Irish Network Stevenage | 2,289.64 |
| Irish Pensioners Choir | 2,289.64 |
| Irish Pensioners Forum of East London | 3,434.46 |
| Irish Repertory Theatre and Film Co UK | 6,999.53 |
| Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (ITMB) | 128,324.78 |
| Irish Tuesday Club, Liverpool | 8,166.12 |
| Irish World Heritage Centre | 32,054.95 |
| Lancashire Federation of Irish Democratic League Clubs | 1,144.82 |
| Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange | 53,130.12 |
| Leeds Irish Health and Homes | 160,847.17 |
| Leeds St Patrick’s Day Parade and Celebrations | 10,303.38 |
| Leicester and Leicestershire Irish Forum | 41,213.51 |
| Lewisham Irish Community Centre | 60,662.62 |
| Lewisham Irish Pensioners Group | 7,582.83 |
| Liverpool Irish Festival | 8,586.15 |
| London Gypsy and Traveller Unit | 104,751.00 |
| London Irish Centre | 637,664.57 |
| Luton Irish Forum | 108,757.87 |
| Manchester Irish Festival | 3,513.09 |
| Manchester Irish Language Group | 878.27 |
| Maya Centre | 22,896.39 |
| Milton Keynes Irish Centre | 13,394.39 |
| Mind Yourself (formerly London Irish Women’s Centre) | 64,162.39 |
| Monica's Place | 67,662.16 |
| New Horizon Youth Centre | 44,330.38 |
| NOAH Enterprise | 82,999.43 |
| North London Action for the Homeless | 6,440.66 |
| North Wales Irish Society | 6,999.53 |
| Northampton Irish Support Group | 53,043.63 |
| Nottingham St Patrick's Day Parade | 7,026.17 |
| Over 60s Pensioners Club | 583.29 |
| Oxford Irish Society | 3,434.46 |
| Safe Start Foundation | 109,902.69 |
| Sandwell Irish Society | 36,061.82 |
| SanKTus | 28,104.69 |
| SIFA Fireside | 17,172.30 |
| Solace Women’s Aid | 46,841.15 |
| Southwark Irish Pensioners Project | 144,778.18 |
| Southwark Irish Youth | 6,999.53 |
| Southwark Travellers Action Group/Peckham Voluntary Sector Forum | 65,060.10 |
| St Michael's Irish Centre | 64,682.31 |
| Streetwork UK | 34,344.59 |
| The Connection at St Martins | 20,606.75 |
| The Emerald Centre, Leicester | 67,544.36 |
| The Felling Irish Association | 583.29 |
| The Golden Shamrock Club | 10,303.38 |
| The Greenwich Irish Pensioners Association | 4,666.36 |
| The Hibernian Society | 27,998.13 |
| The Passage 2000 | 42,358.33 |
| Tyneside Irish Centre | 36,747.55 |
| Tyneside Irish Cultural Centre | 16,332.24 |
| Warrington Irish Centre | 7,232.85 |
| West Hampstead Women's Centre | 6,868.92 |
| Young At Heart Luncheon Group | 9,158.56 |
| Britain | 5,383,636.64 |
| Australia | |
|---|---|
| Australia Irish Welfare Bureau, Melbourne | 106,045 |
| The Claddagh Association, Perth | 10,181 |
| Friends of St Brigid's Association, Koroit, Victoria | 14,530 |
| Ireland Western Australia Forum, Perth | 2,004 |
| Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce Inc. , Melbourne | 26,214 |
| Irish Australian Support Association of Queensland, Brisbane | 65,737 |
| Irish Australian Welfare Bureau & Resource Centre NSW, Sydney | 134,415 |
| Irish Brekkie Club, Sydney | 4,810 |
| Irish Language School/ Scoil na Gaeilge, Sydney | 1,603 |
| John Hume Institute of Global Irish Studies, UNSW | 20,042 |
| Australia | 385,581 |
| Singapore | |
| Farmleigh Fellowship | 200,000 |
| Singapore | 200,000 |
| Canada | |
| Emerald Isle Seniors Society, Toronto | 19,374 |
| Irish Canadian Club of Hamilton | 4,494 |
| Irish Canadian Immigration Centre | 61,996 |
| Irish Women's Network of British Columbia | 1,854 |
| Lar na nGael - Irish Centre of Brampton | 20,653 |
| St Patrick's Society, Montreal | 3,487 |
| The Irish Benevolent Society of British Columbia | 5,767 |
| The Irish Cultural Society, Calgary | 34,873 |
| Canada | 152,498 |
| New Zealand | |
| Irish Community of New Zealand Trust | 32,947 |
| Auckland Irish Society | 23,101 |
| New Zealand | 56,048 |
| Argentina | |
| Asociación Argentino Irlandesa de Bahia Blanca | 954 |
| Hurling Club, Buenos Aires | 27,441 |
| Sociedad Irlandesa de Arrecifes | 1,591 |
| Hogar San Patricio (St Patrick's Home) | 477 |
| Asociación Argentino Irlandesa Guillermo Brown (Asociación Irlandesa de Capital Federal) | 849 |
| Argentina | 31,312 |
| Zimbabwe | |
| Irish Association of Mashonaland | 20,572 |
| Matabeleland Irish Association Bulawayo | 6,799 |
| Zimbabwe | 27,371 |
| France | |
| Network Irlande | 17,500 |
| France | 17,500 |
| Korea | |
| Irish Society of Korea | 10,666 |
| Korea | 10,666 |
| South Africa | |
|---|---|
| Irish South African Association | 10,635 |
| South Africa | 10,635 |
| Spain | |
| Spanish Irish Business Network | 3,993 |
| Spain | 3,993 |
| Norway | |
| Norwegian Irish Society | 2,169 |
| Norway | 2,169 |
| Russia | |
| Irish Business Club Moscow | 1,476 |
| Russia | 1,476 |
| 2011 Emigrant Services Grants Summary | |
|---|---|
| Britain | € |
| Acton Homeless Concern (London) | 52,529 |
| Age UK Hillingdon (Middlesex) | 10,697 |
| Aisling Project (London) | 108,365 |
| Bell Farm Christian Centre (Middlesex) | 14,126 |
| Benefits Advice Shop (Denbighshire) | 5,685 |
| Birmingham St. Patrick's Festival Ltd. | 11,539 |
| Blackfriars Advice Centre (London) | 22,740 |
| Brent Adolescent Centre (London) | 31,552 |
| Brent Irish Advisory Service (BIAS) (London) | 210,347 |
| Brian Boru Club (Wigan) | 25,572 |
| Causeway Irish Housing Association (London) | 26,379 |
| Celtic & Irish Cultural Society (Crawley) | 20,466 |
| Central Eltham Youth Project (London) | 27,100 |
| Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Eireann (Liverpool) | 154,125 |
| Conradh na Gaeilge, Glaschú (Glasgow) | 36,665 |
| Corby's Young At Heart Luncheon Group | 10,060 |
| Coventry Irish Society | 128,370 |
| Cricklewood Homeless Concern (London) | 204,732 |
| Derby Irish Association | 11,080 |
| Doncaster Irish Association | 5,318 |
| Edinburgh Cyrenians | 7,073 |
| Emerald Circle Club, Harrow | 3,324 |
| Emerald Senior Citizens Group (Wolverhampton) | 6,822 |
| Equinox (London) | 30,449 |
| Federation of Irish Societies | 602,161 |
| Feith an Cheoil School of Irish Traditional Music (London) | 6,254 |
| Friends, Families and Travellers (Brighton) | 11,775 |
| Full Irish Festival and Funday (Cheshire) | 7,106 |
| Garngad Irish Heritage Group | 7,904 |
| GEAR Projects (Gloucester) | 22,740 |
| Greenwich Irish Pensioners Association (London) | 6,315 |
| Halifax and District Irish Society | 20,512 |
| Halifax Irish Centre | 8,230 |
| Haringey Irish Cultural and Community Centre (London) | 225,830 |
| Harps Community Project, Glasgow | 37,521 |
| Haslingden & Davitt IDL Club | 4,287 |
| Huddersfield Irish Centre | 5,435 |
| Huddersfield St. Patrick's Day Parade Association | 4,832 |
| Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy (ICAP) (London) | 189,202 |
| Irish Arts Foundation (Leeds) | 90,136 |
| Irish Chaplaincy in Britain (London) | 212,554 |
| Irish Charitable Trust (London) | 187,777 |
| Irish Community Care Manchester | 201,479 |
| Irish Community Care Merseyside | 281,604 |
| Irish Community Services (formally Irish in Greenwich) (London) | 246,098 |
| Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith (London) | 876,500 |
| Irish Diaspora Foundation (Manchester) | 58,520 |
| Irish Elderly Advice Network (London) | 95,282 |
| Irish Heritage (Surrey) | 10,233 |
| Irish Pensioners Choir (London) | 4,127 |
| Irish Repertory Theatre and Film Company (London) | 8,186 |
| Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (ITMB) (London) | 136,287 |
| Irish Tuesday Club, Liverpool | 7,844 |
| Irish in Birmingham (formerly Irish Welfare and Information Centre) | 271,999 |
| Irish World Heritage Centre (Manchester) | 37,280 |
| Kilburn Irish Pensioners (London) | 1,807 |
| Lancashire Federation of Irish Democratic League Clubs | 1,186 |
| Leeds Gypsy & Traveller Exchange | 52,559 |
| Leeds Irish Health & Homes | 165,281 |
| Leeds St. Patrick's Day Parade & Celebrations | 12,507 |
| Leicester & Leicestershire Irish Forum | 45,909 |
| Lewisham Irish Community Centre (London) | 60,318 |
| Lewisham Irish Pensioners Group (London) | 9,650 |
| Liverpool Irish Festival | 8,469 |
| London Gypsy and Traveller Unit | 106,645 |
| London Irish Amateur Rugby Club | 13,076 |
| London Irish Centre | 571,180 |
| London Irish Music School | 4,517 |
| London Irish Women's Centre | 76,447 |
| Lucht Focail (Leeds) | 1,706 |
| Luton Irish Forum | 118,165 |
| Manchester Irish Education Group | 1,194 |
| Manchester Irish language Group | 859 |
| Mansfield & Dukeries Irish Association | 5,540 |
| Marian Senior Citizens Club (London) | 2,933 |
| Maya Centre (London) | 22,584 |
| Milton Keynes Irish Centre | 14,656 |
| Momentum Care Irish Elders Centre (Rehab) - (Glasgow) | 147,951 |
| Monica's Place (Birmingham) | 57,304 |
| New Horizon Youth Centre (London) | 43,386 |
| NOAH Enterprise (Luton) | 118,749 |
| North London Action for the Homeless | 5,745 |
| North Wales Irish Society | 7,138 |
| Northampton Irish Support Group | 64,556 |
| Nottingham St. Patrick's Day Parade | 9,231 |
| Over 60's Pensioners Club (Thursday Club) (Camden, London) | 395 |
| Oxford Irish Society | 1,884 |
| Peterborough Streets (formerly St. Theresa's House) | 29,138 |
| Portsmouth Irish Society | 12,908 |
| Queen's Park Senior Citizen Group ( London) | 4,576 |
| Safe Start Foundation (Middlesex) | 135,003 |
| Sandwell Irish Community Association | 15,691 |
| Sandwell Irish Society | 39,136 |
| SanKTus ( formerly Our Lady Help of Christian's Welfare) (London) | 47,671 |
| Sheffield Irish Association | 5,081 |
| SIFA Fireside (Birmingham) | 45,480 |
| Slough Irish Society | 28,425 |
| Solace Women's Aid (Camden Women's Aid) (London) | 48,323 |
| Southwark Irish Pensioners | 177,401 |
| Southwark Irish Youth (London) | 6,210 |
| Southwark Travellers Action Group (London) | 80,913 |
| St. Michael's Irish Centre (Liverpool) | 65,355 |
| St. Patrick's Day Festival - Coatbridge | 7,500 |
| St. Patrick's Senior Tuesday Club (Leamington Spa) | 6,538 |
| St. Patrick's Stained Glass Window Project | 5,685 |
| Tara Irish Pensioners Club (London) | 569 |
| The Emerald Centre (Leicester) | 51,811 |
| The Golden Shamrock Club (Nottingham) | 10,865 |
| The Hibernian Society (Reading) | 38,779 |
| The Irish Club Warrington | 7,146 |
| The Passage (London) | 42,069 |
| Tuesday Club Leeds Irish Centre | 6,822 |
| Tyneside Irish Centre | 69,715 |
| Tyneside Irish Cultural Society | 24,446 |
| West Hampstead Women's Centre | 7,322 |
| Britain | 7,825,234 |
| USA | |
| Aisling Irish Centre, New York | 89,448 |
| American Irish Historical Society, New York | 81,979 |
| Catholic Charities Community Services - Project IrishOutreach, New York | 71,389 |
| Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform | 7,453 |
| Chicago Irish Immigrant Support | 129,352 |
| Coalition of Irish Immigration Centres | 29,136 |
| Emerald Isle Immigration Centre, New York | 148,905 |
| Glucksman Ireland House/ New York University | 35,305 |
| Hudson Valley Irish Festival, New York | 3,459 |
| Irish American Heritage Museum, New York | 6,937 |
| Irish Apostolate USA, Washington | 13,528 |
| Irish Cultural Centre of New England, Canton | 53,417 |
| Irish Immigration & Pastoral Centre, San Francisco | 107,766 |
| Irish Immigration and Pastoral Centre, Philadelphia | 83,316 |
| Irish International Immigration Centre, Boston | 145,682 |
| Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform | 29,811 |
| Irish Outreach San Diego | 26,084 |
| Irish Pastoral Centre, Boston | 130,610 |
| Irish Technology Leadership Group , California | 157,132 |
| Mission of our Lady of the Rosary Heritage Project at Watson House, New York | 14,515 |
| New York Irish Centre | 89,947 |
| Seattle Irish Immigration Support Group (SIISG) | 8,571 |
| The Society of Commodore John Barry, Philadelphia | 13,181 |
| The University of Montana The Gathering: Collected Oral Histories of the Irish in Montana | 53,659 |
| Worcester Hibernian Cultural Foundation | 10,921 |
| USA | 1,541,501 |
| Ireland | |
| Crosscare Migrant Project | 172,000 |
| Football Association of Ireland | 42,000 |
| Glór na nGael | 44,000 |
| Ireland Canada University Foundation | 40,000 |
| Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas | 96,448 |
| Irish Episcopal Council for Emigrants (Irish Chaplaincy in Britain) | 52,224 |
| Safe Home Programme | 265,000 |
| South East Galway Diaspora Project (Ireland Reaching Out) | 67,775 |
| GAA - Britain | 286,336 |
| GAA- USA | 75,000 |
| Ireland | 1,140,783 |
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