Written answers

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Departmental Funding

9:00 pm

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of State grants and or other supports given to the Institute for International and European Affairs during the past two decades, up to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10214/11]

Photo of Pat RabbittePat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Since the establishment of my Department in 2007, a total of €24,000 (€6,000 per annum) was paid by the Department for corporate membership of the Institute for International and European Affairs.

Photo of Peter MathewsPeter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grants or funding from Pobal available to a group of unemployed persons who have established a networking group in the community in an attempt to find employment; the way they should go about applying for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9953/11]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Pobal administers the Local Community Development Programme (LCDP) on behalf of my Department and I propose to respond to the question in this context.

The LCDP aims to tackle poverty and social exclusion through partnership and constructive engagement between Government and its agencies and people in disadvantaged communities. Among other things, it seeks to increase peoples' work readiness and employment prospects through the development of a range of services to support, prepare and assist people enter the labour market, the development of strategies with local enterprises to increase local employment prospects and the development of strategies to increase self employment prospects.

While Pobal administers the LCDP on behalf of my Department, the programme is delivered locally through 52 Local Development Companies. In the normal course of events, applicant groups should apply directly to these companies who are the principal decision-makers regarding the delivery of actions and allocation of funding under the programme. Neither my Department nor Pobal have any role in this regard. However, if the Deputy wishes to provide me with the details of the network group in question, I would be happy to put the group in contact with the appropriate Local Development Company.

Pobal also delivers a range of publicly funded programmes for other Government Departments and agencies and questions in relation to these programmes may be directed to the relevant Minister.

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