Written answers

Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Departmental Funding

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent of a charity's (details supplied) involvement with the Irish Refugee Protection Programme; the overall funding provided to date to the charity for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58813/21]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) operates a community sponsorship initiative whereby local communities sponsor individual programme refugees or refugee families. Community sponsorship is an alternative resettlement stream that empowers members of the public who wish to become the face of welcome in their local community and provide a range of integration supports to a refugee family.

Amnesty International Ireland, in line with the global Amnesty policy of supporting community sponsorship models (in particular in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and USA), has supported the development of community sponsorship in the Irish context. IRPP has worked with Amnesty and other NGOs to establish community sponsorship in Ireland.

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability Integration and Youth has not funded Amnesty International Ireland.

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