Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding funding provided by Irish Aid for the Global Schoolroom programme; if the funding will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21002/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that the organisation, Global Schoolroom, applied for funding under the Irish Aid Civil Society Fund in 2014 and was awarded a grant of €40,000 for one year for its project in India in 2014. Global Schoolroom applied again in 2015 for further funding but, on this occasion, was unsuccessful.

The Civil Society Fund application and appraisal process is completed in an open and transparent manner by a committee comprising external consultants in addition to officials from Irish Aid. The detailed assessment of the external consultant is then communicated to all organisations that have applied for funding. The funding process is always very competitive and it is not possible to allocate funding to all applicants.