Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 290: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and details of non-governmental organisations involved in Kenya (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/08]

Peter Power (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Irish Aid supports a number of NGOs in Kenya through the Multi Annual Programme Scheme (MAPS), the Civil Society Fund (CSF) and emergency funding as well as through the Irish Missionary Resource Service. Four of the five MAPS partners — Concern, Trócaire, GOAL and Self Help — work in Kenya. In 2008, MAPS funding amounting to €3.25 million has been allocated to assist the work of these NGOs in livelihood and food security, rural economic development, health, education, gender equality and HIV/AIDS in Kenya.

The Civil Society Fund, which is open to all Irish-based Non-Governmental Organisations, is designed to provide resources more effectively and efficiently for the development activities of civil society organisations. Under the CSF in 2008 €1.12 million has been allocated to NGOs to assist their work in Kenya in a number of areas including capacity building, education, health, HIV/AIDS, human rights, livelihood security, rural development and water/sanitation. In addition, Irish Aid has allocated a total of €1.1m this year to support Concern Universal and Trócaire's work in responding to the Kenyan crisis.

The Irish Missionary Resource Service (IMRS) supports the development work of Irish missionaries and their partners worldwide. Irish Aid allocated €20m to the IMRS in 2008. To date in 2008, the IMRS has allocated a total of €2,052,013 to its member organisations working in Kenya. An additional €384,520 in emergency funding has also been provided by the IMRS to support its members in responding to the Kenyan crisis.

The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul are members of the IMRS. They received €303,848 from the IMRS in 2007 and have received €236,214 to date in 2008. €436,635 of this funding was allocated to Kenya for work in basic education, capacity building and primary health care. The contact details of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in Ireland are as follows: Sr. Catherine Prendergast, Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Catherine's Provincial House, Dunardagh, Temple Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Tel. 01 2882669, email: info@daughtersofcharity.ie. The contact details of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in Kenya are as follows: Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Holy Cross Mission, Thigio, PO Box 705, Limuru 00217, Kenya.