Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left)
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177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the funding to the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13466/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Since 2007, my Department has provided annual funding for the ongoing operational costs of the 17 member organisations of the community & voluntary pillar to allow for input into the policy making process within the community and voluntary sector as part of the social dialogue process. This includes the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament. In 2011, a revised application process for the funding of these 17 organisations was introduced, which gave a greater weighting to the social commentary/critical analysis role being provided by the organisations, as well as the extent to which the organisations worked with disadvantaged individuals and groups.

The table shows the community & voluntary pillar funding provided to the Irish Senior Citizen’s Parliament since 2011.

It should be noted that the Irish Senior Citizen’s Parliament was not successful in applying for funding for the Scheme to Support National Organisations under either the 2011-2014 Scheme or the current 2014-2016 Scheme.