Written answers
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Funding
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the level of funding allocated by his Department to each non-governmental organisation during each of the past four years, including the names of these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12918/14]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Recipients of grant funding and other payments from my Department are not mainly indexed by whether the recipients have Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) status. It is not, therefore, possible to provide a definitive listing of payments to NGOs without assigning very significant administrative resources to this task.
However, the following table, produced following a summary examination of payments made from the Department's financial management system, does provide details of bodies regarded as NGOs, or as having status analogous to NGOs, that were paid directly from the financial management system in the last four years. The listing does not include other bodies that may have received Departmental funding indirectly, e.g. from a body that itself is in receipt of direct Voted funding from my Department.
| Organisation Name | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
€ | € | € | € | |
| ACAMH (ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH) | - | 612.00 | 135.00 | - |
| AGE ACTION IRELAND | 73,000.00 | 71,000.00 | 70,000.00 | 70,000.00 |
| ALLIANCE VICTIM SUPPORT GROUP | 20,000.00 | 5,000.00 | 1,400.00 | 8,970.25 |
| BARNARDOS | 751,276.34 | 796,931.51 | 421,281.92 | 305,631.80 |
| BELONG TO | - | - | - | 108,385.00 |
| BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY IRELAND | 228,000.00 | 79,826.00 | 29,826.00 | 29,826.00 |
| CAMARA | 2,062.50 | 1,209.50 | 816.00 | - |
| CENTRE FOR CROSS BORDER STUDIES | 237,214.00 | 237,000.00 | 192,028.00 | 236,500.00 |
| CHILDRENS BOOKS IRELAND | 6,000.00 | - | 3,000.00 | 2,920.75 |
| CINEMAGIC | 75,000.00 | 75,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 75,000.00 |
| CO-OPERATION IRELAND | 136,288.00 | 170,786.00 | 73,768.00 | - |
| COVENTRY IRISH SOCIETY | 75,593.38 | 55,225.23 | 97,978.05 | 82,709.95 |
| DUBLIN EMPLOYMENT PACT | - | - | - | - |
| EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR DEV IN SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION | 31,182.00 | 31,182.00 | 31,182.00 | 41,182.00 |
| EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION | - | - | 75,000.00 | - |
| EUROPEAN MOVEMENT IRELAND | 1,300.00 | 1,300.00 | 8,635.00 | 5,300.00 |
| FOCUS IRELAND | 85,356.00 | 96,017.00 | - | - |
| GLEN | - | - | - | 40,000.00 |
| GLOR NA NGAEL | 16,500.00 | 16,500.00 | 7,250.00 | 16,500.00 |
| HARINGEY IRISH CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CARE | 41,851.68 | - | - | - |
| HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONAL TRUST OF IRELAND | 81,000.00 | 81,000.00 | 92,478.00 | 92,778.00 |
| INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS | 6,095.00 | 6,095.00 | 6,000.00 | 6,700.00 |
| IRISH COMMUNITY CARE | 50,657.70 | 50,386.90 | 53,291.49 | 32,224.43 |
| IRISH COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS | - | 10,800.00 | 20,436.00 | 2,671.00 |
| IRISH IN BRITAIN | 18,672.87 | 18,583.49 | 18,239.01 | 11,865.58 |
| IRISH NATIONAL ORGANISATION OF THE UNEMPLOYED | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 |
| IRISH SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE (SOCA) | 318.13 | 7,323.81 | 4,741.54 | 3,742.90 |
| IRISH SURVIVORS OF INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE INTERNATIONAL | 3,061.70 | 5,351.23 | 5,000.00 | 5,000.00 |
| JUSTICE AND HEALING FOR INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE | 500.00 | - | - | - |
| LONDON IRISH CENTRE CHARITY | 103,032.94 | 103,435.74 | 101,952.04 | 60,887.86 |
| NALA (NATIONAL ADULT LITERACY AGENCY) | 1,789,114.30 | 1,790,000.00 | 1,773,250.00 | 1,710,000.00 |
| RASP LTD | - | 138,847.00 | 138,840.00 | 138,840.00 |
| RIGHT OF PLACE | 44,616.54 | 22,115.95 | 18,795.81 | 12,333.58 |
| RIGHT TO PEACE | 11,000.00 | 2,650.00 | 2,600.00 | 3,231.81 |
| SAOL PROJECT LTD | 18,436.41 | 16,697.14 | 13,422.61 | 18,647.27 |
| THE PUSHKIN TRUST | 30,000.00 | 30,000.00 | - | 27,000.00 |
| WASHINGTON IRELAND PROGRAMME | 115,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 |
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Rehab has been provided with any funding during each of the past seven years; the level of funding provided during each of these years; the purposes for which the funding was allocated; if any audits of use of this money were carried out; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12919/14]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is included in the following table.
| Name of Education & Skills Body/Agency providing funding | Name of recipient body (REHAB or subsidiary) | Funding 2007 | Funding 2008 | Funding 2009 | Funding 2010 | Funding 2011 | Funding 2012 | Funding 2013 | Purposes for which funding was allocated | Details regarding audits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOLAS (Formerly FAS) | National Learning Network | €27,426,000 | €27,180,000 | €27,569,000 | €25,466,000 | €27,558,000 | €27,916,000 | €27,025,000 | Primarily payments made by SOLAS (formerly FAS) to the National Learning Networks on a capitation basis in respect of training provided by the Networks under the Specialist Training Providers programme. Some payments also made under the 'Momentum' and 'Local Training Initiative' programmes. | Audits of individual National Learning Network (NLN) sites typically completed as part of larger audits. In the period under review, fifteen such audits were reported upon. |
| Education and Training Boards (ETBs). (Formerly Vocational Education Committees). | Various groups under REHAB umbrella (including REHAB, National Learning Network, RehabCare). | €658,736 | €1,098,323 | €1,037,490 | €1,361,396 | €1,449,075 | €1,403,045 | €1,016,394 | Payments mainly in respect of delivery of literacy, numeracy and community education tuition; provision of Notetakers, Personal Assistants, Sign Language Interpreters, Disability Officers. | Accounts of VECs subject to audit by C&AG. Payment invoices required to be authorised as being appropriate for payment before payments made. |
| Department of Education and Skills | National Learning Network | €951,073 | €1,000,494 | €927,578 | €590,909 | €794,734 | €701,287 | €639,764 | Grant-aid funding is allocated to the National Learning Network (NLN) to provide for the employment of teachers/tutors delivering literacy and numeracy tuition to approximately 1,200 adults with disabilities attending NLN Centres around the country. There are 32 such centres nationwide. | Payment issued to the NLN upon receipt of confirmation of tuition undertaken in the centres by NLN head office, up to the maximum level of tuition sanctioned. Level of tuition claimed for is cross-referenced against that sanctioned. Checks are undertaken to ensure tutors providing tuition in NLN Centres are registered with the Teaching Council of Ireland. |
| Department of Education and Skills (following transfer of certain administrative and ministerial functions from Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in May 2010) | TBG Learning in conjunction with the National Learning Network | €0 | €0 | €0 | €4,927,037 | €2,610,787 | €0 | €0 | Following a procurement process, TBG Learning in conjunction with NLN were awarded a contract under the Labour Market Activation Fund 2010 to deliver the JobFit programme. The programme initially targeted to assist a total of 1,878 participants, but 2,215 were ultimately assisted. It was envisaged that 782 participants would achieve a FETAC or industry recognised qualification. A total of 1,012 individuals achieved one or more qualifications under the programme. 217 individuals progressed to further/higher education (Phase 1), while a total of 488 individuals obtained employment, surpassing the initial target by 34%. | Continuous monitoring by DES officials throughout the programme involving: monthly reporting by TBG Learning on numbers being trained or obtaining employment; meetings with TBG officials; on-site monitoring checks by DES officials in various TBG centres to ensure that TBG Learning were adhering to the terms of original contract. Monitoring indicated that: centres were well managed; comprehensive documentation presented during visits and records examined found to be satisfactory; appropriate attendance monitoring and management system in place. No major issues of concern arising from audits. Original tender targets exceeded. |
| Department of Education and Skills | Rehab Enterprises Ltd | €0 | €0 | €0 | €0 | €114 | €1,162 | €3,045 | The Department used the services of Rehab for electronic recycling, data destruction and recycling of office materials and equipment in the years shown. | Invoices subject to prior authorisation. |
| TOTAL | €29,035,809 | €29,278,817 | €29,534,068 | €32,345,342 | €32,412,710 | €30,021,494 | €28,684,203 |
Note 1 - In addition to the above payments, the Department's Planning and Building Unit also made payments to Red Hill School in Limerick, whose patron is the REHAB group, for the purchase of temporary accommodation, set-up and once-off grants, special needs equipment grants, minor works grants. Funding for these purposes of €2,103,282 was provided from 2007 to date. The school would also have been entitled to a range of grant payments which are payable to all schools.
Note 2 - In addition to the above payments a number of education and training entities - e.g. schools, Institutes of Technology, Universities etc - would have recycling arrangements with various bodies under the REHAB umbrella, such as REHAB Glassco, REHAB Recycling Partnership. REHAB Recycle. Full details of these payments are not, however, available.
Note 3 - Details above of funding provided by the Department to the National Learning Network do not include grant funding of €91,967 provided in respect of escort provision for pupils under the School Transport scheme.
Note 4 - Given the range of bodies in the REHAB group and the large number of entities and payment systems across the education sector, it is possible that some payments were made to the REHAB group from these entities that are not listed above.
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