Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [26633/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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. [26646/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to each NGO and charity in each of the years 2010 to 2020 by his Department. [26659/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 to 411, inclusive, together.

My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, and in order to achieve its business objectives, the Department allocates significant resources across a number of sectors.  These include local authorities, State agencies and other bodies including a range of organisations that might be considered non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

However, there is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes an NGO and so my Department does not hold information on the NGO status, or otherwise, of bodies in receipt of funding.

On that basis I am providing an indicative list of organisations commonly considered to be NGOs that my Department allocated funding to in the period 2017-2020.  Details are in the attached table.

A transfer of Heritage functions from the former Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht took place in 2020 and so allocations to heritage and some biodiversity-related NGOs are included for 2020 only.

The information sought in respect of the period prior to 2017 and prior to 2020 in respect of the Heritage Division is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. However, if the Deputy wishes to submit a further more specific question in relation to the funding of a particular NGO, I will endeavour to provide the information requested.

My Department does not hold information on the charitable status of bodies in receipt of funding.  Such status may be determined by checking the relevant body with the Charities Regulator at .