Written answers
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Department of Foreign Affairs
Overseas Development Aid
8:00 pm
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 144: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the agencies, groups or individuals that he has granted funding to for assistance work carried out in Nepal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10329/08]
Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs has provided funding for organisations operating in Nepal under a number of different schemes, which are summarised below:
| Department of Foreign Affairs — Irish Aid | |||
| Grant aid to organisations operating in Nepal | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| € | € | € | |
| NGO co-financing — block grant scheme / Civil Society Fund (2006 onwards) | |||
| Action Aid | 200,000 | 229,401 | 360,588 |
| Personnel Co-financing Scheme / Civil Society Fund (2006 onwards) | |||
| Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) | 3,536 | 23,483 | |
| Church Mission Society Ireland (CMSI) | 22,584 | 14,686 | 14,686 |
| Interserve Ireland | 94,500 | 108,000 | 172,000 |
| John Grooms | 12,500 | ||
| Leprosy Mission Ireland | 46,000 | 165,617 | 102,544 |
| Nepal Leprosy Trust | 30,000 | 118,253 | |
| The Social & Health Education Project | 103,868 | ||
| Missionary Development Project Fund/IMRS | |||
| Jesuit Mission, Basic Education Project | 69,020 | ||
| In Country Micro Project Scheme | |||
| Chhaya Chhetra Community Development Centre (CCDC),integrated education project | 4,974 | ||
| Emergency and Recovery | |||
| Plan Ireland — flood disaster emergency assistance | 136,878 | ||
| World Food Programme — CAP Appeal | 250,000 | ||
| UN Multilateral | |||
| UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, contribution to establishment of field office | 200,000 | ||
| Total | 596,620 | 671,940 | 1,214,558 |
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