Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

A competitive tendering process was led by Amárach Research in collaboration with Social Enterprise Republic of Ireland, SERI, and the Irish Local Development Network. Social Enterprise Republic of Ireland started work on baseline data collection. The Department of Rural and Community Development has a budget of approximately €100,000 plus VAT for this data-gathering exercise. It has spent approximately €40,000 plus VAT to date. It is spending that on an element of what Benefacts collected.