Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 645: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding streams available for organisations that provide supports for victims of the conflict in the North who are living south of the border. [26215/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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My Department did provide significant funding over a number of years through the Remembrance Commission which operated a Scheme of Acknowledgement, Remembrance and Assistance for victims in this jurisdiction of the conflict in Northern Ireland. The term of appointment of the Remembrance Commission ended in October 2008 at which point funding under the Scheme came to an end. However, one organisation working with victims in this jurisdiction did continue to receive additional funding for a period to enable it to continue to operate while seeking to put alternative funding options in place.

My Department does not currently provide funding to organisations that provide support solely for victims of the conflict in the North who are living south of the border. As I said in reply to the Deputy's party colleague in a recent adjournment debate I regret that I am not in a position in the current financial circumstances to create funding that is not available.