Departmental Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 October 2022

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Questions (76)

Paul Kehoe

Question:

76. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount in the form of grants or direct funding that his Department or agencies under his Department's remit have provided to local environment networks, public participation networks that are categorised under the Environmental Pillar; if he will provide a list those organisations that are in receipt of monies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50692/22]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

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

The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is set out in the following table:

State Body	Contact e-mail
An Bord Pleanála	[e-mail]
An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum)	[e-mail]
Approved Housing Body Regulatory Authority	[e-mail]
Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum	[e-mail]
Ervia	[e-mail]
Gas Networks Ireland	[e-mail]
Heritage Council	[e-mail]
Housing Finance Agency	[e-mail]
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency	[e-mail]
Irish Water	[e-mail]
Land Development Agency	[e-mail]
Local Government Management Agency	[e-mail]
National Oversight and Audit Commission	[e-mail]
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee	[e-mail]
Office of the Planning Regulator	[e-mail]
Ordnance Survey Ireland	[e-mail]
Property Registration Authority	[e-mail]
Pyrite Resolution Board	[e-mail]
Residential Tenancies Board	[e-mail]
Valuation Office	[e-mail]
Valuation Tribunal	[e-mail]
Water Advisory Body	[e-mail]
Waterways Ireland	[e-mail]

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

The funding provided by my Department to organisations and networks in the Environmental Pillar over the period 2016 to 2021 is detailed in the Table below.

The members of the Environmental Pillar are listed on its website at the following link: https://environmentalpillar.ie/our_members/

Table: Grants and funding provided by Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to members of the Environmental Pillar, 2016-2021.

ENVIRONMENTAL PILLAR ORGANISATION	Amount of funding provided 2016 (€)	Amount of funding provided 2017 (€)	Amount of funding provided 2018 (€)	Amount of funding provided 2019 (€)	Amount of funding provided 2020(€)	Amount of funding provided 2021(€)
BIRDWATCH IRELAND	€5,000	€22,300	€5,000	€3,000	€24,513	€5,000
BAT CONSERVATION IRELAND		€1,044				€12,799
IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK (IEN)	€25,000	€25,000		€50,000		€30,000
IRISH WILDLIFE TRUST						€1,200
AN TAISCE	€500,000	€583,690	€653,935	€701,525	€656,414	€649,983
IRISH WHALE AND DOLPHIN GROUP	€10,000	€10,000	€10,000	€10,000	€10,000	€10,000
THE VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST			€4,820		€5,000	€5,000
WILDLIFE REHABILITATION IRELAND						€20,000
COASTWATCH		€27,831	€23,166		€29,547	€8,840
ECO UNESCO				€1,067
TOTAL	€540,000	€669,865	€721,871	€740,592	€724,974	€742,523

The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is set out in the following table:

State Body	Contact e-mail
An Bord Pleanála	[e-mail]
An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum)	[e-mail]
Approved Housing Body Regulatory Authority	[e-mail]
Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum	[e-mail]
Ervia	[e-mail]
Gas Networks Ireland	[e-mail]
Heritage Council	[e-mail]
Housing Finance Agency	[e-mail]
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency	[e-mail]
Irish Water	[e-mail]
Land Development Agency	[e-mail]
Local Government Management Agency	[e-mail]
National Oversight and Audit Commission	[e-mail]
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee	[e-mail]
Office of the Planning Regulator	[e-mail]
Ordnance Survey Ireland	[e-mail]
Property Registration Authority	[e-mail]
Pyrite Resolution Board	[e-mail]
Residential Tenancies Board	[e-mail]
Valuation Office	[e-mail]
Valuation Tribunal	[e-mail]
Water Advisory Body	[e-mail]
Waterways Ireland	[e-mail]