Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent)
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405. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of funding his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of funding each organisation receives; the number of such that are open and transparent regarding salaries; and the steps he is taking to deal with non-disclosures. [53548/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The table below outlines the amounts paid by my Department to registered charities in 2013:

Both the Organisation of National ex-Servicemen and Women(ONE) and Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA) are registered as charitable organisations (CHY 13868 and CHY 10066 respectively). A condition of the grants/subventions to ONE and IUNVA is the annual submission of audited accounts to my Department. The ONE audited accounts contain details of the monies paid in salaries by the Organisation. IUNVA does not have any employees.

The Irish Red Cross Society (CHY 3950) is an independent statute based charitable organisation with full power to manage its own affairs. This grant is provided as a contribution towards the salary and administration costs of running the Society's headquarters. A report on how the annual grant is utilised by the Society is provided to my Department each year.