Catherine Callaghan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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1470. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all CSP supported organisations in County Carlow and County Kilkenny; the funding paid showing organisation name, service type, FTEs supported, annual allocation, supplementary supports if any and total paid, by county, by year from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48792/25]

Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department's Community Services Programme (CSP) currently supports 446 services via 427 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 for County Carlow and County Kilkenny for the years 2020 to date are set out in the attached excel spreadsheet for ease of viewing.