A number of Divisions in my Department provide grant funding under a number of programmes, as follows:
Under the IGEES Research Fund, payments were made to other government departments:
|
Year
|
Total number of grant payments
|
Value of Grant Payments
|
|
2020
|
2
|
€50,000
|
|
2021
|
1
|
€30,000
|
|
2022
|
1
|
€50,000
|
|
2023
|
1
|
€20,000
|
|
2024
|
0
|
€0
|
|
2025 (To date)
|
2
|
€50,000
|
Payments made to the Southern Regional Assembly and the Northern & Western Regional Assembly:
|
Year
|
Total number of grant payments
|
Value of Grant Payments
|
|
2020
|
11
|
€674,238
|
|
2021
|
8
|
€669,047
|
|
2022
|
12
|
€997,220
|
|
2023
|
9
|
€1,249,143
|
|
2024
|
12
|
€1,854,292
|
|
2025 (To date)
|
5
|
€612,432
|
The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is a cross-border North South Implementation Body, established on foot of the Good Friday Agreement and jointly sponsored by my Department and the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland (DoF NI). SEUPB's primary responsibility is the management and implementation of cross-border North South EU funding programmes, including the 2014-2020 PEACE IV and INTERREG VA programmes, and the 2021-27 PEACEPLUS programme. My Department and DoF NI jointly provide funding for programme technical assistance and SEUPB running costs.
|
Year
|
Total number of grant payments
|
Value of Grant Payments
|
|
2020
|
8
|
€2,112,000
|
|
2021
|
8
|
€2,283,000
|
|
2022
|
8
|
€3,147,000
|
|
2023
|
8
|
€3,413,000
|
|
2024
|
8
|
€3,822,000
|
|
2025 (To date)
|
4
|
€2,275,165
|
The Open Data Engagement Fund provided the following grant funding:
|
Year
|
Total number of grant payments
|
Value of Grant Payments
|
|
2020
|
8
|
€28,100
|
|
2021
|
7
|
€32,368
|
|
2022
|
4
|
€18,100
|
|
2023
|
6
|
€29,944
|
Government Reform Unit has provided the following grant funding to Transparency International:
|
Year
|
Total number of grant payments
|
Value of Grant Payments
|
|
2020
|
4
|
€220,000
|
|
2021
|
4
|
€220,000
|
|
2022
|
4
|
€285,000
|
|
2023
|
4
|
€373,453
|
|
2024
|
4
|
€368,500
|
|
2025 (To date)
|
2
|
€184,250
|
The following grants were paid by Infrastructure Division:
|
Year
|
Total number of grant payments
|
Value of Grant Payments
|
|
2020
|
0
|
€0
|
|
2021
|
1
|
€16,247
|
|
2022
|
4
|
€481,728
|
|
2023
|
4
|
€404,131
|
|
2024
|
4
|
€389,636
|
|
2025 (To date)
|
0
|
€0
|
My Department also provides the following grant payments to these bodies:
Economic and Social Research Institute:
|
Year
|
Total number of grant payments
|
Value of Grant Payments
|
|
2020
|
6
|
€2.725m
|
|
2021
|
6
|
€3m
|
|
2022
|
6
|
€3m
|
|
2023
|
6
|
€3.25m
|
|
2024
|
6
|
€3.25m
|
|
2025 (To date)
|
6
|
€3.9m
|
Institute of Public Administration:
|
Year
|
Total number of grant payments
|
Value of Grant Payments
|
|
2020
|
4
|
€ 2.725m
|
|
2021
|
4
|
€ 2.725m
|
|
2022
|
4
|
€ 2.725m
|
|
2023
|
4
|
€ 2.725m
|
|
2024
|
4
|
€ 5.975m
|
|
2025 (To date)
|
4
|
€ 6.35m
|
The following is the position for the Bodies under the aegis of my Department:
Office of Public Works:
|
Year
|
Total number of grant payments
|
Value of Grant Payments
|
|
2020
|
11
|
€774,000
|
|
2021
|
11
|
€3,744,000
|
|
2022
|
15
|
€3,921,000
|
|
2023
|
13
|
€4,311,000
|
|
2024
|
10
|
€4,149,000
|
|
2025 (To date)
|
1
|
€110,358
|
The remaining bodies under the aegis of my Department have not provided grant payments in the past five years.
