Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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749. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from her Department per annum. [26636/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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750. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a record will be provided of the annual funding received by the NGO and charity sector from her Department in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [26649/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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751. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each NGO and charity in each of the years 2010 to 2020 by her Department. [26662/21]

Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 749 to 751, inclusive, together.

My Department delivers a variety of schemes that provide supports for groups in rural and urban communities.

The provisional gross outturn for my Department in 2020 was €359.42 million. Of this, €152.73 million was spent within the rural development programme area and €202.51 million within the community development area. The remaining €4.17 million funded the Charities Regulatory Authority.

Core Funding is provided by the Department of Rural and Community Development for:

The Scheme to Support National Organisations : In the Community and Voluntary Sector the Scheme to Support National Organisations is a key element of my Department's support for the role of the sector in contributing to the development of strong and vibrant civil society and in improving outcomes for those most disadvantaged. Funding has been allocated to 74 national community and voluntary organisations to cover the 36 month period of the scheme.

The Community Services Programme, or CSP : Over 420 community organisations were assisted with funding through the CSP by my Department during 2020, to provide local services through a social enterprise model. The CSP provides an annual co-funding contribution of €19,033 for each full-time equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, provides €32,000 towards the cost of employing a manager. In response to the difficulties being experienced by organisations due to COVID-19, my Department developed a CSP Support Fund during 2020 totalling €4.75m which assisted CSP supported organisations to continue to retain their CSP supported employees on their payroll and also provided assistance for the Employers PRSI contribution, during this crisis period, up to April 2021.

The Department’s Community & Voluntary Supports & Programmesprovide a cohesive framework of support for the community and voluntary sector. The programme supports: 22 volunteer centres nationwide, Volunteer Information Services (VISs) in areas not served by a volunteer centre and a number of national volunteer-supporting organisations - Volunteer Ireland, Young Social Innovators, and Boardmatch.

The breakdown of core funding allocated to NGOs for 2020 under these programmes and other NGOs funded are listed in the appendix. It’s not possible, within the timeframe provided, to supply the funding allocations for the full range of years sought by the Deputy.

31 Public Participation Networks(PPNs) are established nationally, funding of up to €75,700 per annum has been allocated by the Department to each PPN. This funding supports the on- going support and development of the network nationally.

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) paymentsof €39,168,430 are issued to Local Authorities for onward provision, for programme delivery, to 46 Local Development Companies.

All schemes are open to applications from eligible groups during the application timeframes set for each scheme or programme. Further information on all schemes and funding programmes can be found on gov.ie.