Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide details of the grant aid provided in each of the past three years to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 17; the activities for citizens in the area that have been made possible by the funding; the scale of the possible cuts in budget that have been communicated to the organisation and her assessment of the impact on service they will have; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43796/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department has supported the organisation in question over a period of many years. Funding of €410,000 was provided in 2007, €431,000 was provided in 2008, and €386,250 was provided in 2009. This funding is provided under the "Grants for the Development and Promotion of Information and Welfare Rights".

The organisation deals with requests for information, advice and assistance in a number of areas such as family law, consumer issues, wills and probate, employment, housing and Social Welfare. The total number of requests dealt with in 2007 was 2,260. In 2008 a total of 2,300 requests were handled.

In considering the allocation of funding under this scheme for 2010, the Department recently advised the Centre that an efficiency saving would be required on their current budget allocation.