Social Enterprise Sector

Thursday, 17 October 2024

Questions (224)

Carol Nolan

Question:

224. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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. [42275/24]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

While there is no legal form or status for a social enterprise, I understand a social enterprise to be a business which works primarily to improve the lives of people and whose core objective is to achieve a social, societal, or environmental impact. Details of social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by my Department from 2021 to date in 2024, and the funding amount allocated to each, is set out in the table below.

Year	Organisation	Amount (€)
2021	The Irish Council for Social Housing	565,000
2021	Voluntary Housing Support Services	45,000
2021	An Taisce	516,483
2021	Coastwatch	8,840
2021	Cork City Council - Social, Economic and Environmental Programme (SEEP)[1]	343,750
2022	The Irish Council for Social Housing	757,058
2022	Voluntary Housing Support Services	53,742
2022	An Taisce	547,297
2022	Cork City Council - Social, Economic and Environmental Programme (SEEP)	432,613
2023	High Performance Building Alliance	100,000
2023	The Irish Council for Social Housing	1,026,800
2023	Voluntary Housing Support Services	63,931
2023	An Taisce	662,511
2023	Coastwatch	26,923
2023	Cork City Council - Social, Economic and Environmental Programme (SEEP)	491,600
2024	High Performance Building Alliance	50,000
2024	The Irish Council for Social Housing	915,000
2024	Voluntary Housing Support Services	75,000
2024	An Taisce	425,207
2024	Coastwatch	8,626
2024	Cork City Council - Social, Economic and Environmental Programme (SEEP)	830,995

[1] Social Enterprises are only one of a number of organisations which are funded under the SEEP programme which covers the following themes: Social Cohesion & Capacity Building; Family Support & Early Childhood Development; Community Safety; Education, Training and Lifelong Learning; Health – Physical/Mental Health Supports; Youth & Sports; Environment; Creativity, Culture & Arts; Age Friendly Initiatives supporting Older Persons; Economic Development. It is not possible, therefore, to determine the exact amount that is provided specifically to organisations that are defined as social enterprises.