Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Funding
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [25731/21]
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a record will be provided of the annual funding received by the NGO and charity sector from his Department in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [25732/21]
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding allocated to each NGO and charity in each of the years 2010 to 2020 by his Department. [25733/21]
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 319, 320 and 321 together.
Since its establishment in 2011, my Department funded three non-governmental organisations for the periods of time set out in the tables below.
| The Leuven Institute | Funding |
|---|---|
| 2012 | €18,000 |
| 2013 | €18,000 |
| 2014 | €10,000 |
| Transparency International Ireland | Funding |
|---|---|
| 2013 | €23,900 |
| 2016 | €300,000 |
| 2017 | €220,000 |
| 2018 | €220,000 |
| 2019 | €220,000 |
| 2020 | €220,000 |
| Benefacts | Funding |
|---|---|
| 2015 | €350,000 |
| 2016 | €650,000 |
| 2017 | €950,000 |
| 2018 | €950,000 |
| 2019 | €950,000 |
| 2020 | €950,000 |
My Department has funded Transparency International Ireland since 2013 to support the Department’s role in the implementation of the Protected Disclosures Act. My Department provides this funding in order to help workers raise concerns regarding potential wrongdoing that has come to their attention in the workplace across the public sector.
Since 2015, my Department has also provided grant assistance to Benefacts. The funding allowed Benefacts to expand its free online database of annual regulatory and financial information on non-profits, and to help pilot the provision of data services with public bodies, in order to make grant administration and oversight more effective.
My Department previously funded The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe which is a non-governmental body established in Belgium. Funding was provided to help research, design and deliver high quality, customised, residential programmes for all sectors in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The aim of the programme was to maximise the opportunities presented by membership of the European Union.
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