Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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1746. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation to the women's networks over each of the past ten years. [38403/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Payments issued to the Women’s networks under my Department’s former Community Development Programme (CDP) and Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) for the period 2007 to 2010 are outlined in Appendix 1 and payments for the period 2011 to 2017 under the LCDP are outlined in Appendix 2.

During 2010, the then Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs led out on a programme of structural reform, involving, inter alia, the integration of community development projects with local development companies throughout the country.  As part of that process a number of alternative integration models were proposed. The National Collective of Community Womens Networks (NCCWN) submitted a proposal to the Department which would see it (the NCCWN) as the integrating body for the 17 Women’s CDPs (see Appendix 3). The proposal was accepted by the Department.  From 2011, the then Department’s contract for the delivery of the LCDP, was with the NCCWN and it no longer had any contractual or other connection to the CDPs in question.

Since 2015, the NCCWN and the National Traveller Womens Forum have been funded and administered by the Department of Justice and Equality. My Department also provides funding for a number of Women’s organisations through the Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) which aims to provide multi-annual funding to national organisations towards core costs associated with the provision of services. The Scheme commenced in 2008, and total allocations are provided on a multiannual basis for the period of each iteration of the scheme as outlined in Appendix 4.

My Department also provides annual funding to members of the Community and Voluntary Pillar to support costs, not funded from any other sources, directly related to the organisations’ contribution to policy-making. The National Women’s Council of Ireland is a member of the Pillar, and the table below outlines funding provided since 2008.

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

*2015 Full year allocation was €1.3 Million, funded under the LCDP from 1 January to 31 March 2015 with the remainder paid by the Department of Justice and Equality.

**Funding vired to Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) as set out below

- NCCWN€32,024

- Womens Aid€31,583

- NTWF€33,637

Appendix 3

List of Women’s projects funded under the LCDP by NCCWN:

1. Access 2000 Wexford

2. Blayney Blades

3. Clare Women’s Network

4. Claremorris Women’s Group

5. Clondalkin Women’s Network

6. Dochas for Women

7. Donegal Women’s Network

8. Limerick Women’s Network

9. Women’s Community Projects, Mullingar

10. North Leitrim Women’s Resource Centre

11. Ronanstown Women’s CDP

12. Roscommon Women’s Network

13. Rowlagh Women’s Group

14. Southside Women’s Action Network

15. Southwest Kerry Women’s Association

16. Waterford Women’s Centre

17. Women Together Tallaght Network

Appendix 4