Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 779: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if through his Department or its agencies there are grants available to an applicant seeking to provide integration material, that is magazines, newspapers and so on for the non Irish national community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22670/08]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 782: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if grants are available within his Department to facilitate the provision of assistance for integration media material as in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23076/08]

Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 779 and 782 together.

My Office does not administer any grant scheme which specifically facilitates the provision of assistance for integration media material. My Office does, however, provide a scheme of grants to small and local organisations which are active in the area of integration or befriending of migrants. Notice of these small grants were advertised earlier this year with applications invited by the 29th February, 2008. Work is currently being undertaken to make initial payments to those applicants who were successful.

My Office is also the Responsible Authority for the European Refugee Fund and the European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals, known as the European Integration Fund. The administration of these Funds is being undertaken by Pobal on behalf of my Office. Pobal invited applications for integration projects from interested organisations with a closing date of 28th January, 2008. Recently all applicants, both successful and unsuccessful, were notified of the outcome of their applications and currently preparations are being made for the signing of contracts and the issuing of initial payments. The next round of these funds will be advertised in the latter part of this year or early in 2009.

In addition to the above sources of funding, Pobal is also administering, on my behalf, a fund for initiatives to support the integration of legally resident immigrants. In the latest round of this, the successful applicants received their grants last October and their projects are ongoing.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 780: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the new funding provided since the establishment of the office for integration to groups involved in migrant integration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22704/08]

Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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I would refer the Deputy to my reply Question No. 458 on 20 May 2008 which sets out the information sought.