Written answers
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Data
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the Government’s Reconciliation Fund for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [49901/21]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The reconciliation fund, which is administered by my Department, provides support for civil society organisations working to promote reconciliation and create better understanding between communities in Northern Ireland, between North and South, and between Ireland and Britain. The fund has supported over 3,000 projects with more than €60 million in grant funding since its establishment in 1982.
The annual budget for the Fund was increased from €2.7 million to €3.7 million with effect from 2019. In the New Decade New Approach agreement which saw the restoration of devolved Government in Northern Ireland in January 2020, the Government committed to maintaining that level of funding. In light of the Government’s continuing commitment to supporting the work of peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland, and recognising in particular, the impact of Brexit and the effects of Covid-19 on the organisations we support, the budget of the Reconciliation Fund will see a further increase this year, with the total of grants awarded likely to reach €4.0 million.
To date in 2021, the Reconciliation Fund has awarded grants of almost €2.8 million. The list of organisations awarded funding is provided below in tabular format. In addition, an allocation of €35,000 was provided from the Fund to support initiatives being undertaken by our Embassy in London as part of the Government’s programme marking the December 2021 centenary of the signing of the Truce. A further tranche of grants will be awarded before the end of this year when ongoing funding rounds have been completed.
Decisions on grants to be awarded during 2022 and 2023 have yet to be taken, but once awards are made in the context of our funding rounds during that period, information on those grants will be made available on the Department’s website.
Reconciliation Fund grants awarded in 2021 – to date
| Organisation | Amount in € |
|---|---|
| 4 Corners Festival | 25,100 |
| An Gaeláras Ltd | 12,268 |
| Ardoyne Association | 9,800 |
| Ardoyne Youth Club | 9,891 |
| Banbridge Rugby Football Club | 6,110 |
| Bardic Educational Arts and Media | 9,980 |
| Belfast Charitable Society | 2,700 |
| Belfast International Arts Festival | 40,000 |
| British-Irish Association | 40,000 |
| Centre for Cross Border Studies | 70,500 |
| Centre for Democracy and Peace Building | 20,000 |
| Cinemagic | 18,000 |
| City Centre Initiative | 12,000 |
| Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum | 9,971 |
| Clones Family Resource Centre CLG | 34,245 |
| Clooney estate Residents Association | 9,950 |
| Community Dialogue | 40,000 |
| Conradh na Gaeilge | 45,000 |
| Cookstown Youth Football | 9,990 |
| Co-operation Ireland | 47,200 |
| Co-operation Ireland | 67,000 |
| Co-operation Ireland | 72,000 |
| Co-operation Ireland | 75,000 |
| County Fermanagh Super Cup NI | 3,600 |
| Cregagh Wanderers Football Club | 3,000 |
| Creggan Enterprises Limited | 25,000 |
| CRIS - Community Relations In Schools | 60,161 |
| DCU Institute for International Conflict Resolution | 55,303 |
| Dialogue For Diversity | 9,922 |
| Diversity Challenges | 11,359 |
| Dorsey Emmets GFC | 6,000 |
| Ellen Finlay | 8,150 |
| Eoghan Rua CLG | 8,000 |
| Gasyard Wall Féile | 18,000 |
| Glebeside Community Association Ltd | 8,000 |
| Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation | 327,186 |
| Glengormley Amateur Boxing Club | 4,000 |
| Greenisland Football Club | 3,980 |
| Healing Through Remembering | 37,000 |
| Imagine Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics | 35,000 |
| Intercomm Ireland Ltd | 22,200 |
| Intercomm Ireland Ltd | 101,848 |
| Irish Gallery of Photography DAC | 15,000 |
| Irish Gallery of Photography DAC | 23,250 |
| Irish Studies University of Liverpool | 41,700 |
| Kabosh | 14,447 |
| Lincoln Courts Youth and Community Association | 9,950 |
| Longford Women's Link | 42,639 |
| Naíscoil na Seolta | 15,000 |
| National Women`s Council of Ireland | 36,205 |
| New Belfast Community Arts Initiative (T/A Community Arts Partnership) | 30,546 |
| Newhill Football Club | 1,660 |
| Newtownbutler First Fermanagh's GFC | 6,000 |
| Newtowncunningham Orange Hall | 9,990 |
| NI Youth forum | 100,163 |
| North-West Cultural Partnership | 47,368 |
| Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education | 27,730 |
| Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association | 3,000 |
| Passionist Peace and Reconciliation Office (Holy Cross, Ardoyne) | 50,000 |
| Pat Finucane Centre Limited (Justice for the Forgotten) | 34,888 |
| PeacePlayers International - Northern Ireland (PPI-NI) | 39,080 |
| Places of Sanctuary Ireland | 20,412 |
| Presbyterian Church in Ireland | 17,250 |
| R City Youth CIC | 9,315 |
| Rasharkin & District Rural Cultural & Educational Society | 6,000 |
| Royal Ulster Constabulary Athletic Association | 23,010 |
| Saint Patrick Centre | 14,000 |
| Schomberg Society Kilkeel Limited | 40,000 |
| Shared History Interpretive project (SHIP) | 5,000 |
| Smashing Times Theatre Company | 32,128 |
| St Eugene's Cathedral | 20,000 |
| St Louis House Youth Group | 7,000 |
| St Matthews F.C. | 5,450 |
| St. Mary’s, Rasharkin GAC | 6,000 |
| St. Pauls ABC | 8,000 |
| Strabane Athletic Football Club | 4,000 |
| The Bloody Sunday Trust | 60,000 |
| The Churches Trust Ltd | 28,000 |
| The Corrymeela Community | 100,000 |
| The Goliath Trust | 5,000 |
| The Junction Community Relations & Peace Building Initiative | 29,060 |
| The Wheel | 70,000 |
| Troubles Tragedy And Trauma | 14,505 |
| Truth and Reconciliation Platform | 20,000 |
| Ullans Speakers Association | 6,700 |
| Ulster Badminton | 5,600 |
| University of Huddersfield | 60,000 |
| WAVE Trauma Centre | 30,000 |
| Wordwell Ltd | 3,770 |
| Wordwell Ltd | 8,553 |
| Youth Link: NI | 71,741 |
| YouthAction Northern Ireland | 63,950 |
| Total of grants awarded | €2,777,474 |
| PLUS: Funding allocation to Embassy of Ireland London (for centenaries programme) | €35,000 |
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