Written answers
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Charities Regulation
8:00 am
Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3022/11]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department provides grant assistance in a range of areas to organisations which are registered charities. Details of payments to such organisations in 2010 are set out in the following table. (Other organisations may also have charitable status but the information is not available in my Department).
| Year | Organisation | Purpose | Amount â'¬ |
| 2010 | An Taisce | National Spring Clean Week, | 260,000 |
| Blue Flag and Green Coast Award Schemes | 200,000 | ||
| Green Schools | 200,000 | ||
| Green Communities Initiative | 10,000 | ||
| Participation in planning process. | 70,000 | ||
| Irish Water Safety Association | Grant towards running costs of organisation | 539,000 | |
| Irish Blue Cross | National Spay Week | 15,000 | |
| Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Maintenance of Guard Dog Register | 20,000 | |
| Birdwatch Ireland | Breeding Wader Grant Scheme | 120,004 | |
| Birdwatch Ireland | Bird monitoring schemes and surveys | 882,586 | |
| International Centre for Local and Regional Development (UK) | Contribution to research on spatial housing indicators | 6,000 | |
| Range of conservation organisations | Civic Structures Conservation Grants Scheme for the purpose of conservation works on buildings and structures | 793,215 | |
| Irish National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites | Contribution towards operating costs and annual subscription | 29,242 | |
| Irish Architecture Foundation | Core funding and funding of specific architecture awareness raising initiatives | 118,000 | |
| Irish Architectural Archive | Development of digital archive | 32,000 | |
| Irish Heritage Trust | Core funding to meet establishment and operational costs of the Trust | 436,000 | |
| ECO-UNESCO | Young Environmentalist Awards | 31,500 | |
| Cork Environmental Forum | Core funding | 16,200 | |
| Golden Eagle Trust Ltd. | Golden Eagle, White Tailed Eagle and Red Kite reintroduction project; Hen Harrier survey. | 250,258 | |
| The National Grey Partridge Conservation Project | The National Grey Partridge Conservation Project at Boora, Co. Offaly | 260,734 | |
| Shannon Dolphin & Wildlife Foundation | Shannon dolphin monitoring | 11,960 | |
| Irish Whale and Dolphin Group | Cetacean monitoring schemes and surveys | 104,359 | |
| Bat Conservation Ireland | Bat monitoring schemes and surveys | 65,117 | |
| Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind | Contribution towards operating costs | 2,000 |
In addition to the above, my Department recoups to local authorities costs associated with the provision of accommodation and related services by voluntary housing bodies, some of which may have charitable status.
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