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Thursday, 2 June 2022

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Departmental Strategies

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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73. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Community Integration Fund will be ready for announcement; if he will outline the aims of the fund and the type of projects which have been funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/22]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The Communities Integration Fund arises from Action 51 of the Migrant Integration Strategy, which calls for funding to be made available to local communities throughout Ireland to promote the integration of migrants and refugees. Since its inception in 2017, the Communities Integration Fund has supported local communities nationwide with grant funding totalling €2.76m. Now in its sixth year, the Communities Integration Fund celebrates the rich cultural diversity within local communities and enables local community-based organisations across Ireland to play a greater role in supporting the integration of migrants.

€500,000 will be made available through the 2022 funding call, for which an open call for proposals was announced through a press release on 10 March 2022 and closed on 6 April 2022.  Applicant organisations must operate on a not-for-profit basis, and organisations eligible to apply include local community groups, sports clubs, faith-based groups, arts groups, cultural organisations and schools. Successful organisations stand to receive grant funding of €1,000 – €5,000 to support local integration initiatives.

Assessment of applications is in progress and it is anticipated that successful applications will be announced in the coming weeks.

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