James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 566: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such payments commenced; the amount paid to each recipient in the current year; to place in the Oireachtas Library the latest two sets of accounts for these payments furnished by such persons or bodies to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39675/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, descriptions of which are available on our website at www.pobail.ie . In addition, details of payments made from subheads part-funded from the National Lottery are listed on my Department's website. My Department's gross expenditure outturn for 2008 was €540.421m and for 2009 was €458.863m. The Further Revised Estimate gross allocation for 2010 is €440.864m. The table provides a breakdown for each of my Department's programme areas.

The number of individuals and bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from my Department under these programme areas, either directly or through agencies and other intermediary bodies, would be considerable. In view of the wide range of my Department's schemes and programmes and the large volumes of applications received thereunder on an ongoing basis, I am not satisfied that the work involved in compiling and collating the breakdown of expenditure sought by the Deputy would be feasible or justified. However, if the Deputy has any specific queries relating to a particular scheme, I would be glad to seek to provide him with the relevant information.