Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Justice and Equality
Grant Payments
Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1928. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department or through its agencies. [41062/25]
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides funding to a range of organisations including local authorities, State agencies and other bodies, and community and voluntary sector organisations through grant schemes and programmes. These organisations provide vital services in many areas across the justice sector including youth justice services, crime prevention, supporting victims of crime, migrant integration, and community safety.
The information requested by the Deputy in relation to grant schemes and programmes administered by my Department is recorded in the tables below. This information includes all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered by my Department and agencies in Vote 24.
Department of Justice Funding
Year | Number of Payments | Total Value of Grant Payments |
---|---|---|
2025 (YTD) | 162 | €32,938,205 |
2024 | 364 | €45,466,329 |
2023 | 517 | €42,313,374 |
2022 | 448 | €36,328,430 |
2021 | 428 | €27,945,182 |
2020 | 353 | €21,439,278 |
Information relating to other funding provided by the Department and agencies is available by the total paid per organisation (grantees) per year, rather than the total number of payments. This information is set out below.
International Protection and Integration Division Funding
Year | Number of Grantees | Total Value of Grant Payments |
---|---|---|
2025 (YTD) | 17 | €1,009,179 |
2024 | 207 | €8,751,638 |
2023 | 216 | €5,192,347 |
2022 | 190 | €3,848,357 |
2021 | 117 | €1,030,735 |
2020 | 121 | €1,124,654 |
Ukraine Funding
Year | Number of Grantees | Total Value of Grant Payments |
---|---|---|
2025 (YTD) | 3 | €2,818,024 |
2024 | 3 | €5,800,893 |
2023 | 3 | €3,187,945 |
2022 | 4 | €3,755,654 |
2021 | - | - |
2020 | - | - |
Cuan Funding
Year | Number of Grantees | Total Value of Grant Payments |
---|---|---|
2025 (YTD) | 81 | €54,450,386* |
2024 | 81 | €52,806,816 |
2023 | - | - |
2022 | - | - |
2021 | - | - |
2020 | - | - |
Parole Board Funding
Year | Number of Grantees | Total Value of Grant Payments |
---|---|---|
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | €5,000 |
2022 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 |
Probation Service Funding
Year | Number of Grantees | Total Value of Grant Payments |
---|---|---|
2025 (YTD) | 60 | €17,136,980.00 |
2024 | 60 | €16,830,180.00 |
2023 | 60 | €16,223,661.49 |
2022 | 60 | €15,670,104.00 |
2021 | 60 | €15,679,969.00 |
2020 | 60 | €15,677,500.00 |
Information relating to all grant schemes and programmes administered by the Irish Prison Service is provided below. I am informed that the other agencies in the Justice Vote Group (Courts Service, Data Protection Commissioner, Fiosrú and the Policing and Community Safety Authority), do not administer any grant schemes or programmes.
Irish Prison Service Funding
Year | Number of Grantees* | Total Value of Grant Payments |
---|---|---|
2025 (YTD) | 12 | €1,563,088 |
2024 | 23 | €3,557,879 |
2023 | 20 | €3,424,018 |
2022 | 17 | €2,836,989 |
2021 | 16 | €2,787,095 |
2020 | 15 | €2,647,452 |
It has not been possible for An Garda Síochána to provide the requested information in the time provided. Once this information is available, I will forward it to the Deputy directly.
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