Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 February 2026
758. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14395/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed that the Irish Prison Service allocate programme and project funding to Section 39 & Section 10 organisations. Details of funding provided in 2025 have been set out in the table below.
|
Organisation |
Description of Services Provided |
Funding Provided (2025) |
|
Bedford Row |
Prison Visitor Centre and family supports - Limerick |
€185,000 |
|
Society of St Vincent de Paul – Dublin & Laois |
Prison Visitor Centres in Wheatfield, Cloverhill and Mountjoy Campus, Midlands & Portlaoise |
€172,748 |
|
Roscommon LEADER Partnership |
Visitor Centre in Castlerea |
€33,400 |
|
Gaisce |
Prisoner Services |
€19,160 |
|
Navan Travellers Workshop |
Traveller Peer Support in Wheatfield |
€29,889 |
|
Solas Project |
Engagement with young offenders in Wheatfield and Mountjoy |
€55,000 |
|
St Stephens Green Trust |
Travellers in Prison Initiative |
€25,000 |
|
National Traveller Women’s Forum |
Peer Support in Dochas Centre |
€20,000 |
|
Tipperary Rural Travellers Project |
Peer Support in Midlands & Limerick Prison |
€60,000 |
|
Irish Penal Reform Trust |
Irish Penal Reform Trust |
€188,864 |
|
Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development |
IPS contribution towards annual administration funding |
€30,000 |
|
Irish Red Cross |
Community-based Health and First Aid in 12 prisons |
€455,690 |
|
IASIO/ TOSU |
Prisoner Services Community Return - Agency Supports |
€2,401,589 |
|
Alternatives to Violence (AVP) |
Alternatives to Violence Programme (AVP) |
€64,994 |
|
Samaritans |
Listener Scheme in 12 prisons |
€163,211 |
|
Care After Prison |
Community Return - Agency Supports |
€235,000 |
|
Cork Alliance |
Community Return - Agency Supports |
€130,092 |
|
PALLS Limerick |
Community Return - Agency Supports |
€56,500 |
|
Focus Ireland |
Prison In-Reach Service to prevent homelessness upon release |
€197,434 |
|
MQI |
National Prison-Based Addiction Counselling Service across the estate, offering one-to-one counselling, group therapy, and harm reduction for substance misuse |
€899,902 |
|
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre |
Offer Counselling to vulnerable prisoners aimed at preventing harm and healing trauma |
€60,250 |
|
Rape Crisis Midwest |
Offer Counselling to vulnerable prisoners aimed at preventing harm and healing trauma |
€45,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
€5,528,723 |
I am further informed that none of the other State Agencies under the aegis of my Department provide programme or project funding to Section 39, Section 56 and Section 10 organisations.
