Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the expected allocations to An Taisce for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24102/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department provides An Taisce with funding for a variety of initiatives, including the National Spring Clean; the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) National Litter League; and the Green Schools programme. A total of €3.4 million has been provided between 2015 and 2020 in respect of a range of such environmental activities and public awareness initiatives, with total annual allocations set out in the table below:

The estimated allocation for 2021 is in line with the 2020 allocation of €675,000. Final details on payments in 2021 will not be available until the end of the year.

An Taisce is a non-governmental organisation active in the areas of the environment and built heritage in Ireland. The link to the website of the organisation https://www.antaisce.org/ may be helpful to the Deputy.