Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant and funding schemes operated by her Department; the value of each scheme; the basis or criteria used for the allocation of funding in respect of each scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51398/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s Vote provides funding in the way of Grants and also to fund a number of discrete Schemes. Grants in the main are provided to support the operating costs and other expenses of the statutorily established State Agencies who operate under the aegis of the Department. The funding provided to the Grants and Schemes supported under the Department’s Vote is subject to the approval by the Oireachtas through the Revised Estimates process.

The following Table sets out the details of the various Grants and Schemes which are being funded through my Department’s Vote in 2018.

Grants are drawn down in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Circular 13/2014 'Management of and Accountability for Grants from Exchequer Funds'. In those instances where, for operational reasons, grants are paid to Agencies on a prefunded basis, the requisite sanction permitting this has been received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Aside from the aforementioned Grants and Schemes, the Department’s Vote also provides funding to support the operating costs of the Department itself and that of its Offices and the payment of pensions to a number of staff of Agencies/former Agencies of the Department. In addition, funding is provided under the Vote to support membership of a number of national and international organisations. Finally, the Department’s Vote also provides support to meet its obligations as co-funder of particular EU programmes.