Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19173/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department operates a number of grant programmes and services that support our priorities at home and abroad. Funding under these programmes is generally available to organisations rather than individuals or households.

The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) provides financial support to frontline organisations, who deliver essential welfare and other services to Irish communities, as well as supporting cultural, heritage, education, business networking and other Irish community initiatives.

The Reconciliation Fund supports organisations working to build peace and better relations within and between traditions in Northern Ireland, between North and South and between Ireland and Britain

The Shared Island Civic Society Fund is an initiative to promote practical North South cooperation and engagement across a range of sectors and themes, consistent with the objectives and commitments of the Good Friday Agreement.

Communicating Europe Initiative aims to deepen public awareness of the role that the European Union plays in our daily lives, and improve the quality and accessibility of public information on European issues, at local, regional or national level.

The Irish Government’s official development aid (ODA) programme works on behalf of Irish people to address poverty, hunger, and inequality in some of the world’s poorest countries and is an integral part of Ireland’s foreign policy.

Further information on these schemes may be found at: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade funding.www.gov.ie/en/department-of-foreign-affairs/services/department-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade-funding/. In addition the most recent annual report, for 2023, on Ireland's Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) programme can be accessed here: Annual Report 2023 | Ireland.ie www.ireland.ie/en/irish-aid/news-and-publications/annual-reports/annual-report-archive/annual-report-2023/. The 2024 report will be published later this year.