James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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1843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the capital funding programmes or grants for which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is scheduled to be opened for which a sporting organisation is eligible to apply for, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43174/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Social Protection does not provide direct capital funding or grants to sporting organisations as these fall under the remit of a different government department.

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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1844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of capital funding programmes or grants for which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility for which community organisations are eligible to apply; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date of when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is scheduled to be opened that a community organisation is eligible to apply for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43192/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Social Protection provides grants to hundreds of bodies and community organisations including through for example, Community Employment Schemes, Tús (community work placement initiative) and the Rural Social Scheme. These schemes provide support to hundreds of organisations across the country and thousands of participants as key supported employment programmes.

The Department of Social Protection also provides support to a wide range of other initiatives to provide information and awareness of supports to social welfare recipients. For example, my Department provides funding to community groups to raise awareness of the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which is observed annually on 17th October. Calls for requests for funding for this latter initiative were issued on 6th June and closed on 25th July.