Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding provided to the Dublin office of the International Organisation for Migration to facilitate voluntary return in 2008; the corresponding figure for 2009; the number of persons assisted in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29253/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is an inter-governmental organisation that assists governments to manage migration programmes. INIS have contracted IOM since 2001 to manage its Voluntary Assistance Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP). The VARRP programme aims to assess and return non-EU nationals to their country of origin on a voluntary basis. Although the VARRP programme forms the vast bulk of IOM's work they also provide other migration related services. The Project Budget for the years 2008 and 2009 is as follows:

The total number of persons who opted to voluntarily repatriate in 2008 and until 31 May 2009 is as follows: