Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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637. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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). [23824/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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638. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht The Minister is also requested to indicate if there is any duplication of services across NGOs operating in the same geographic or thematic area, particularly regarding those providing similar community, social, educational, or health services. [23842/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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639. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [23860/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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640. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23878/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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641. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23897/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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642. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [23915/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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643. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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). [23933/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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644. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the administrative expenses are in proportion to the benefits delivered to the public. [23951/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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645. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis. (details supplied). [23969/25]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644 and 645 together.

My Department, and the bodies under its aegis, fund a wide range of non-profit organisations in the sporting, cultural and language area.

In the absence of an agreed definition of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) it is not possible to say if any of these non-profit groups consider themselves to be NGOs. It is not a category of funding recipient that is distinguished within the programmes which my Department operates.