Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 994: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grant support which has been made available to a group (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in the current round of grants; if any finance is available to it to assist with the group's administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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In August 2004, I announced the allocation of €7 million in funding as part of phase II of the equality for women measure to fund projects specifically supporting the development of women located in areas of economic disadvantage.

Following a call for proposals, funding applications were received from more than 130 organisations, including the group referred to by the Deputy. Each application was individually assessed against selection criteria set out in the guideline notes, including evidence of need, quality of the proposal and value for money. A scoring system was put in place and a report with recommendations based on the assessments was submitted to me. In March, I approved funding of approximately €7 million payable over the period 2005 to 2007 to 58 projects, in accordance with the recommendations I received. The proposal submitted by the group referred to by the Deputy did not score as highly as competing proposals and was not among those approved for funding. All funding under the measure has now been fully allocated.