Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided for immigration integration services in each year since 2011; the services provided with this targeted funding; the amount each service received in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39249/18]

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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I with to inform the Deputy that service provision to migrants is mainstreamed across all Government Departments.  The following table sets out the budget allocation for each year from 2011 to 2018 in respect of the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration which operates in the Department of Justice and Equality.

The Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration operates a number of funding schemes in the area of migrant integration which includes the integration of refugees.  It administers a National Funding Programme to Promote Integration of Migrants (a scheme for grants spread over 3 years) and a small grants scheme (maximum grant of €5,000 per project) under the Communities Integration Fund.  The EU Funds Unit of the Department administers generally larger grants and for multi-annual projects using funding from European sources, including the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the European Social Fund (ESF).

Details of funding amounts and services provided are attached where available as follows:

A; National Funding Programme to Promote the Integration of Migrants

B. Communities Integration Fund 2017

C.  Communities Integration Fund 2018

D.  Asylum Migration and Integration Fund 2017 - 2019

E. European Integration Fund 2009/2010

F.  European Integration Fund 2013/2015

G. European Refugee Fund 2009/2010

H. European Refugee Fund 2013/2015

I. European Social Fund PEIL 2.7 Integration and Employment of Migrants

j. Dormant Accounts Fund Measure 4 - Preactivation Supports for Female Refugees