Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the Irish Business and Employers' Confederation in the past decade. [22265/11]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Funding of €50,000 was provided in 2009/10 to Equal Ireland through the Development Education Funding Scheme administered by Irish Aid. Equal Ireland is a non-profit charitable trust founded in 2001 by IBEC, FÁS and SIPTU. It provides training for disadvantaged adults who have not completed second level education. The funding promoted the integration of development education into Equal Ireland training programmes.