Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grant funding is available to support an organisation (details supplied) in Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6335/24]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Voluntary search and rescue groups, such as those referred by the Deputy, do not come under the aegis of the Department of Transport.

Occasional funding may be available to voluntary groups from other government sources including the Department of Rural and Community Development, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and local authorities. Water Safety Ireland implement a VAT exemption scheme applicable to independent maritime search organisations.