Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 October 2024
115. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the amount allocated in funding to each during this time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42272/24]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, my Department has a range of programmes available that provide support to organisations, among them social enterprises. In line with the National Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland 2019-2022, I take the term social enterprises to refer to businesses whose core objective is to achieve a social, societal or environmental impact.
The table below outlines details of social enterprise organisations and bodies that have been funded by my Department.
|
Year |
Name |
Amount |
|
2021 |
Create |
€25,000 |
|
2021 |
Creggan Enterprise Ltd (Derry) |
€83,972 |
|
2022 |
Creggan Enterprise Ltd (Derry) |
50,000 |
|
2023 |
Creggan Enterprise Ltd (Derry) |
€78,971 |
|
2023 |
Development Trusts NI |
€50,000 |
|
2023 |
Food Cloud |
€77,000 |
|
2023 |
Food Cloud |
€223,000 |
|
2023 |
Irish Association for Cultural, Economic and Social Relations |
€30,000 |
|
2023 |
Lifestyle Development Group CLG |
€31,075 |
|
2023 |
Mother Tongues |
€25,000 |
|
2023 |
Newry Credit Union |
€24,000 |
|
2023 |
Rural Action |
€37,385 |
|
2023 |
Social Enterprise Republic of Ireland (SERI) |
€25,000 |
|
2023 |
Spraoi agus Spórt Family Centre |
€20,251 |
|
2023 |
The Phoenix Education Centre (Belfast) |
€10,290 |
|
2023 |
The Phoenix Education Centre (Belfast) |
€35,290 |
|
2024 |
The Phoenix Education Centre (Belfast) |
€60,000 |
|
2024 |
Creggan Enterprise Ltd (Derry) |
€38,645 |
In addition to the social enterprise organisations listed above, my Department also assists NGOs, local community groups, educational institutes, youth organisations and local media organisations to promote understanding of the EU and Ireland's place in Europe under the Communicating Europe Initiative Scheme. Applicants are not asked to identify if they are Social Enterprise Organisations and so it is not possible to distinguish between SEOs and non-SEOs who have been in receipt of such funding.
The table below sets out aggregate figures for each of the years 2021 to 2024 with the total amount allocated and the number of projects supported under this Scheme.
|
2021 |
Communicating Europe Initiative Scheme |
28 Projects |
€105,000 |
|
2022 |
Communicating Europe Initiative Scheme |
25 Projects |
€91,500 |
|
2023 |
Communicating Europe Initiative Scheme |
34 Projects |
€172,200 |
|
2024 |
Communicating Europe Initiative Scheme |
44 Projects |
€244,000 |
