Written answers
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Animal Welfare
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding allocated to each animal welfare group in County Limerick in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41518/20]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Since 1995, my Department have provided direct funding to animal welfare bodies. In December 2019, record funding of €2,906,000 was provided to 106 animal welfare organisations throughout the country in respect of their activities for the following year. Details in respect of allocations to Co Limerick are set out, below.
For 2021, a total of 105 applications have been received and processed and I expect to make an announcement on these funding allocations before year end.
Funding allocated in the period 2017 - 2019 for the Limerick area:
| Organisation Name | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick Animal Welfare, Moorestown, Kilfinane, Co. Limerick | €55,000 | €63,000 | €63,000 |
| Limerick Feral Cats, 6 The Cottages, Murroe Village, Co. Limerick | €5,000 | €7,000 | €9,000 |
| Limerick SPCA, C/o ISPCA, Derryglogher Lodge, Keenagh, Co. Longford | €15,000 | €15,000 | €15,000 |
| Oiled Wildlife Response Network, Foynes, Co Limerick | €1,000 | €2,000 | €2,000 |
| Deel Animal Action Group | Did not apply | €1,000 | €2,000 |
| Total Funding | €76,000 | €88,000 | €91,000 |
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