Written answers

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Department of Justice and Equality

Migrant Integration

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money Ireland has received from the European Commission towards integration projects since the start of the refugee crisis; and the projects this money was spent on including the amount of money spent on each project in tabular form. [20871/16]

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money Ireland has received from the European Commission towards integration projects since the start of the refugee crisis; the amount of that money Ireland has drawn down; if any allocated funds were returned to the Commission; and if so, the reason therefore. [20872/16]

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together.

Funding for integration projects for persons admitted to Ireland as a result of the refugee crisis is eligible for support under the EU Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). Ireland's allocation under the AMIF is €19.519 million and the eligibility period for expenditure extends to the end of 2022. This amount covers the four specific objectives of AMIF relating to asylum (including resettlement), integration, return, and solidarity (relocation). In addition, Member States receive lump sums of €6,000 per person resettled or relocated which rises to €10,000 for certain categories of resettled persons.

A sum of €6,849,489.24 was received on 5 July from the European Commission as pre-financing. I do not envisage that any of this will be returned. My Department will publish a call for proposals in respect of projects to be financed under AMIF in early September.

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