Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the independent non-governmental organisations, including organisations with charitable status, non-profit organisations, religious bodies including churches, social enterprises, clubs, societies that his Department has supported with financial assistance from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13245/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department funded four non-governmental organisations between January 2020 and March 2022, as set out in the table below.

My Department funded Transparency International Ireland in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to support the Department’s role in the implementation of the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014.  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.

My Department also provided grant assistance to Benefacts Ltd.  The funding allowed Benefacts to expand its free online database of annual regulatory and financial information on non-profits. 

The Public Service Innovation Fund granted €16,000 to Newtown School in Waterford in 2020 for STEAM Workshops for Primary and Secondary Students and Teachers and €34,235 to Clare Education for a climate action outreach programme in primary schools.

The Deputy may also wish to note that the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) are private companies, limited by guarantee, which receive grants from the Exchequer through the Department's Vote.  They are registered charities.  However, for the purposes several Acts, they are classified as public bodies.

Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the independent non-governmental organisations, including organisations with charitable status, non-profit organisations, religious bodies including churches, social enterprises, clubs, societies that her Department has supported with financial assistance from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13249/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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As stated in the the reply given to Dáil Question no. 303 of 11th May, 2021, while funding is not provided to any non-governmental organisations, my Department is responsible for a wide range of funding programmes and provides funding to a wide range of organisations from various sectors of society.

Many of the beneficiaries of these programmes, for example sports clubs, are eligible for charitable status or operate on a non-profit basis.Details of allocations under these programmes are announced from time to time and details of Department expenditure are published annually in the Department's Appropriation Accounts.

Should the Deputy have a specific query in relation to funding provided to a particular group or organisation, my officials will seek to assist upon receipt of the relevant details.