Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide details of all grant schemes and funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in Limerick west. [20263/08]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Order of Malta Cadets is the national youth work division of the Order of Malta Ambulance Corps (Ireland) and receives funding from my Department through the Youth Service Grant Scheme (YSGS). Funding under this scheme is made available on an annual grant-in-aid basis to national and major regional voluntary youth work organisations. In 2007, 31 organisations received funding under this scheme including the Order of Malta Cadets which received €64,673 towards the provision of developmental programmes and services for its young members.

At local level, grant-in-aid is also made available each year to youth clubs and groups through my Department's Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS). Funding for this scheme amounted to €1.6m in 2007. Local Order of Malta Cadet groups in a number of counties have availed of this funding in the past. Applications for this funding should be made through local Vocational Education Committees (VECs) who administer the scheme on behalf of my Department.