Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support an organisation (details supplied). [27412/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I provided €1.383m for funding for services to victims of crime in 2009. The allocation of this funding is a matter for the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime. The Commission operates independently under the aegis of my Department. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on, or seek to influence the Commission in its allocation of funding. Funding has been provided in the past to the organisation by the Commission and prior to the establishment of the Commission by my own Department. I understand that the Commission received an application for funding for 2009 from the organisation. I am told that after careful consideration of the application the Commission decided not to fund the organisation in 2009. This decision has been conveyed to the organisation. The organisation can apply for funding for 2010 in the context of the next funding cycle.