Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [13241/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The funding allocated to my Department, as set down in the annual Estimates, is used to meet costs associated with the provision of further and higher education, labour market initiatives including skills, and Irish research and development. The allocation is provided both directly and through my Department’s aegis bodies to fund:

1. the salaries and pensions of public sector workers in the higher education, further education and research sectors,

2. the day to day running costs and capital investment needs of higher and further education institutions,

3. Irish research including through Science Foundation Ireland,

4. skills and labour market initiatives through SOLAS and the National Training Fund, and

5. the general administration costs of my Department, etc.

The annual Appropriation Account for my Department's Vote provides detailed information regarding expenditure and receipts for the year.

In the course of its work my Department makes a significant number of payments. Such payments are made to individuals and organisations both by way of grants and also for the provision of goods and services to the Department. Some recipients of this funding may be non-governmental organisations, some of which may fall into one or more of the categories referred to in the Deputy’s question. However, as such labels are not necessarily assigned to payees on the Department’s Financial Management System it is not possible to provide an accurate and complete list of such categories of funding recipients.

If the Deputy wishes to provide me with the names of specific non-governmental organisations I will arrange to have the level of funding, if any, paid to them provided to her.