Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of State funding, directly or indirectly, that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trader union interests or causes in the past decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22620/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department of Social Protection does not fund trade unions per se. However, the Department facilitates the deduction and remission of union subscriptions by staff in respect of their union memberships to the following unions –

- Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants (AHCPS)

- Association of Secretaries and Higher Grades

- Public Service Executive Union (PSEU)

- Civil Public and Services Union (CPSU)

- SIPTU – Health Services Professionals Branch

- Branch Managers Association

- IMPACT

The Department also provides grants to support the provision of information on social welfare services. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed received funding in the past decade as set out in the following tables.

Organisation Name: Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)

These payments to ICTU were part of core funding towards the costs of Congress Network Information Services.

Organisation Name: Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU)

These payments to INOU were for funding for the Development and Promotion of Information and Welfare Rights to continue the delivery of its services and to produce a reference for unemployed people.