Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Ms Catherine Clynes:

I do not have precise information at this stage. The small grant scheme is currently being developed by the SEUPB and Pobal, in consultation with us. They are looking at having a number of different levels so there will be scope for quite small grants of €5,000 to €10,000, for example, but also for much larger grants. While this is obviously subject to change, we could be looking at grants of between €50,000 and €100,000 at the upper end. That is in development and the details will be settled in the coming weeks and months but there should be an opportunity for several different scales.