Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2024
541. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection the grants her Department has provided to social enterprise representative bodies since October 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43274/24]
View answerAs per the definition of a social enterprise in the Department of Rural and Community Development’s publication Trading for Impact, the National Social Enterprise Strategy 2024 - 2027 - 'a social enterprise is defined as an enterprise whose objective is to achieve a social or environmental impact, rather than maximising profit for its owners or shareholders. It pursues its objectives by trading on an ongoing basis through the provision of goods and/or services, and by reinvesting surpluses fully or primarily into achieving social objectives. It is governed in a fully accountable and transparent manner and is independent of the public sector. If dissolved, it should transfer its assets to another organisation with a similar mission.'
Details of payments made by my Department to the following bodies from 2023 to date is outlined in tabular format below:
|
YEAR |
Name Of Organisation |
Amount Allocated in Funding |
|
2023 |
Young Social Innovators Rehab - ( for a Forms Distribution Service) Vincentian MESL Research Centre |
€36,500 €112,710 €170,000 |
|
2024 – To Date |
Young Social Innovators Rehab - ( for a Forms Distribution Service) Vincentian MESL Research Centre |
€32,850 €80,422 €85,000 |
As part of the annual UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17th October), my Department made payments to the following bodies in 2023 and 2024:
|
2023 |
|
|
Irish 17th October Committee |
€3,000.00 |
|
Age Action Ireland |
€2,800.00 |
|
All Together in Dignity (ATD) Ireland |
€2,950.00 |
|
Athlone Family Resource Centre (FRC) |
€3,000.00 |
|
Barnardo's |
€2,975.30 |
|
Blanchardstown Centre for Independent Living |
€1,878.03 |
|
Citywise Education |
€3,000.00 |
|
Connect/Footsteps |
€2,669.80 |
|
Dillon's Cross Project/Cork Educational Training Board |
€1,765.50 |
|
Doras Buí |
€2,969.52 |
|
Kid's Own Publishing |
€3,000.00 |
|
Lus na Gréine Family Resource Centre |
€3,000.00 |
|
Offaly Traveller Movement |
€3,000.00 |
|
South Inner City Community Development Association (SICCDA) |
€1,982.23 |
|
Tullamore FRC |
€2,900.00 |
|
Women's Community Projects Mullingar |
€3,000.00 |
|
2024 |
|
|
Aster Family Support |
€1,237.23 |
|
All Together in Dignity Ireland |
€2,340.00 |
|
Blanchardstown Centre for Independent Living |
€1,422.70 |
|
Citywise Education |
€2,700.00 |
|
Clara Family Resource Centre (FRC) |
€2,700.00 |
|
Foodcloud |
€2,700.00 |
|
Irish 17th October Committee |
€2,700.00 |
|
Lus na Gréine Family Resource Centre |
€2,700.00 |
|
National Women's Council of Ireland |
€2,700.00 |
|
Tullamore FRC |
€1,604.70 |
|
Women's Community Projects Mullingar |
€2,700.00 |
