Written answers
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Department of Finance
Departmental Bodies
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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470. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of his Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23814/25]
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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471. To ask the Minister for Finance for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of his Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programs they provide (details supplied). [23832/25]
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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472. To ask the Minister for Finance to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department’s aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authorities or regional entities; additional financial support from public sources, including any specific allocations through schemes designed to support NGOs, charities, and community organisations, any external or private funding that NGOs may have received, specifically indicating where state funding is used to leverage additional private or philanthropic donations. [23850/25]
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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473. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under his Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this practice is monitored to ensure that taxpayer money is not indirectly supporting fee-based services. [23868/25]
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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474. To ask the Minister for Finance to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied). [23887/25]
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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475. To ask the Minister for Finance to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of state funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive review of NGO funding under the aegis of the Department. [23905/25]
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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476. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little coordination (details supplied). [23923/25]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475 and 476 together.
I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no non-governmental organisations under the aegis of my Department.
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