Written answers
Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Environmental Policy
9:00 pm
Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding which was allocated to the grant schemes and agencies of the environmental partnership fund, environmental non-governmental organisations, Comhar, ENFO and local authorities to support environmental information and awareness raising in 2004 and in 2005. [22487/06]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following schedule. This expenditure is additional to the funding of the Department's major waste awareness campaign Race Against Waste which amounted to €3.5 million per annum in 2004 and 2005.
| Environmental Information and Awareness Funding | |||
| Scheme/Organisation | Description | Payments 2004 | Payments 2005 |
| € | € | ||
| Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund | Local environment awareness projects paid via local authorities. | 300,000 | 250,000 |
| Environmental (Ecological) NGOs Core Funding Limited | Core funding and travel. | 253,946 | 235,832 |
| Comhar- the National Sustainable Development Partnership | Administrative expenses excluding salaries. | 168,017 | 95,321 |
| ENFO | Administrative expenses excluding salaries. | 788,000 | 882,000 |
| Anti-Litter Grants | Anti-litter awareness and education grants paid via local authorities. | 720,000 | 500,000 |
| Support grants to smaller awareness initiatives including Green Schools | Grants to support small scale projects, initiatives and environmental conferences. | 218,683 | 74,375 |
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