Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the non-Governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of funding provided to each in each year; the number of applications for funding submitted to his Department in total; the number of these applications which were refused; the reason for same; the percentage of his Department's overall annual budget such funding equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27381/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's Vote provides for Grants-in-Aid to two non-Governmental bodies, the Institute of Public Administration and the Economic and Social Research Institute. These bodies have been provided with the following funding in the period in question.

In addition, two non-Governmental bodies applied to the National Public Procurement Policy Unit of my Department for funding. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions received €15,383 in 2005 for the publication of a document on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and to support a seminar on PPPs for its members. Another non-Governmental body made an application but this was rejected as the proposal would have resulted in a duplication of training services relating to Public Private Partnerships.

My Department also operates a scheme to make available, from the proceeds of the National Lottery, funds to supplement the income of promoters of private charitable lotteries competing directly with National Lottery products. In the period in question, my Department received 35 applications for funding. Three of those were refused, on the grounds that the applicants were not operating a lottery under the provisions of the Gaming and Lotteries Acts on or before 1 January 1997, which is one of the criteria for eligibility. The following table sets out the funding provided to each of the successful applicants in the years 2004 and 2005. No funding has been provided yet this year.

The amount of funding for relevant bodies mentioned above (i.e. in the text and the table) represented 11% of my Department's Vote for 2004. The amount for 2005 represented 14% of my Department's Vote. The amount of expenditure for the year to date in 2006 represents 2% of my Department's Vote for this year.