Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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948. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, in tabular form. [25981/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), is our country’s primary social inclusion intervention. SICAP is a national programme that is delivered in both rural and urban areas by Local Development Companies to help those in the greatest need.

SICAP is overseen by Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) who are the contracting authority for SICAP. There are 33 LCDCs nationally and each manages SICAP at a local level and directs funding to their respective Local Development Company implementing the SICAP programme.

Please see table below which outlines the SICAP allocations from 2020 – 2025 per local authority. Please note that from 2022 - 2025 additional funding totalling €36m has been provided through SICAP to support Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection and International Protection Applicants. This funding has been included in the table.

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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949. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Community Services Programme, in tabular form. [25982/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's Community Services Programme (CSP) currently supports 428 community-based organisations, with a budget of €55.4m in 2025, to provide local services through a social enterprise model.

The CSP Programme provides an annual co-funding contribution towards each full-time equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, towards the cost of employing a manager. The programme is administered by Pobal on behalf of this Department.

A needs-based, differentiated funding allocation model was introduced for the CSP from January 2023, as an alternative to the previous flat rate payment model. This new model was designed to support those organisations most in need, providing a higher rate of funding to supported organisations that are identified as operating in areas of high disadvantage, employing individuals from the prescribed programme target groups and with evidence of limited earning potential.

The allocations by local authority for the years 2020 to 2024 are set out below.