Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 401: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm funding for a voluntary national organisation (details supplied); if he appreciates the importance of this organisation and funding will be retained in 2011. [42521/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The organisation referred to by the Deputy is funded by my Department under the Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector. A total of 64 organisations within the sector are supported under this scheme and funding in the order of €16.6m has been provided over the three year period 2008-2010.

Contracts under this scheme are due to expire on 31 December 2010. An evaluation of the scheme, which included a consultation exercise with the organisation referred to by the Deputy and the other organisations involved in the scheme, has been completed. On foot of the review, I anticipate that my Department will be in contact with all organisations involved in the current scheme in the coming weeks regarding arrangements for 2011 and subsequent years.

The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot pre-empt the outcome of this process with respect to any individual organisation.