Written answers

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Business Supports

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total monetary amount of non-repayable moneys provided by his Department through grants, funding supports, tax breaks or other means to businesses in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3382/23]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The majority of grants paid by the Department of Foreign Affairs are made available to charities and NGOs both in Ireland and abroad. However a small proportion of funding is made available for for-profit business through the awarding of grants through the Africa Agri-Food Development Programme (AADP). The AADP is a joint programme run by the Department of Foreign Affairs and The Department of Agriculture. The AADP enables Ireland’s agrifood sector to contribute to the shared Sustainable Development Goals. These aim to tackle poverty and hunger, fight inequality and make real and sustainable changes that better the lives of the world's most vulnerable communities. Information on the AADP is available at gov.ie.

The amount of funding for the years sought is laid out in the table below.

Year Grants paid to AADP
2020 €270,375
2021 €175,000
2022 €258,350

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