Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the engagements her Department has had with officials in the European Commission in respect of an application for funding from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland, in respect of funds under the access to justice proposal under the European Union Commission Justice Programme 2014 to 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6643/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Neither I nor my officials have had any contact with European Commission officials in respect of an application for funding from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland.

The Rape Crisis Network Ireland requested my Department to act as an associate partner and co-funder in its application to the EU Commission for funding for a research project. My Department, having carefully considered this proposal, was not in a position to support it taking into account all relevant factors and having regard to other pressures on resources.