Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25109/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Combat Poverty Agency is the only body, under the aegis of my Department, that is issued with a Grant-In-Aid. Breakdowns are published annually in the Revised Estimates for Public Services. The Department's 2008 Grant-In-Aid provision for the Combat Poverty Agency is €4.568m. The Agency's 2008 estimate is broken down as follows; Administration and Accommodation €0.685m, Board and Staff €1.81m, Community Projects €0.913m, Communications €0.605m, Research €0.557m and other sundry provisions €0.085m. Income, mainly consisting of carried forward funds, amounts to €0.364m. The Grant-In-Aid issued in the form of imprest payments, to date in 2008, to the Agency is €1,895,638.

The Department's 2007 Grant-In-Aid provision for the Combat Poverty Agency was €4.384m. The Agency's 2007 estimate was broken down as follows; Administration and Accommodation €0.67m, Board and Staff €1.831m, Community Projects €0.883m, Communications €0.585m, Research €0.559m and other sundry provisions €0.15m. Income, mainly consisting of carried forward funds, amounted to €0.488m.

The Grant-In-Aid paid by the Department to the Combat Poverty Agency in 2007 was €4.008m. The Agency's 2007 provisional outturn is broken down as follows; Administration and Accommodation €0.665m, Board and Staff €1.67m, Community Projects €0.871m, Communications €0.61m, Research €0.472m and other sundry headings €0.057m. Income, mainly consisting of carried forward funds, amounted to €0.477m.