Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for the community safety innovation fund that came from Dublin Mid-West; the number that were successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62271/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm for the Deputy that 22 projects across the country were successful in their applications for funding and will receive grants ranging from €5,000 to €150,000, totalling €2 million, under the 2022 Community Safety Innovation Fund.

The fund opened for applications in April 2022 and a total of 124 were received by the deadline of 8 June. I can further confirm that six applications were received for projects within or whose scope covered part of the Dublin mid-west area. None of these applications were successful.

Based on the high quality of proposals received, I believe the successful projects have the potential to have a real impact on their respective communities. I also want to encourage those who applied this year but did not receive funding to apply next year.

I can also inform the Deputy that we are increasing the size of the fund by 50 per cent to €3 million in 2023. A call for applications to the 2023 fund is expected to issue in Q1 of next year.