Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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317. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [41054/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the overall number and value of all Grants paid from the Defence Vote over the 2020-2024 timeframe. All the associated grant funding is paid in line with all relevant public financial procedures and guidance.

Department of Defence: Grant Payments 2020-2024:

In addition, subventions are also paid to two recognised Veterans Associations, Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann (ONE, the Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel) and the Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA) to assist with administrative overheads.

As a temporary measure, a subvention was paid to the Defence Forces Canteen Board during 2021 and 2022.