Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 65: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will be introducing an initiative to help community and voluntary organisations to meet compliance costs and ensuring these costs are proportionate as recommended by the Taskforce on Active Citizenship. [14995/07]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Department's existing White Paper Grants Schemes provide for the core costs of applicant organisations. This includes provision for compliance costs, such as audit or governance requirements. Similarly the Department provides core funding to Partnership Companies, Community Development Projects, LEADER Groups, Community Services Projects, Rural Social Scheme Projects etc., which includes provision of funding to cover compliance costs.

I hope to be in a position to announce the follow-on to the existing white paper support programmes shortly. Separately the wider implementation of the Taskforce Report on Citizenship falls for consideration. Following Government decision, an Active Citizenship Office is being established to lead implementation of the Taskforce recommendations.