436 Deputy P. J. Sheehan asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount awarded by him to any of the organisations involved in social partnership for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the details of such payments; the amount awarded; the details of the payments by each of the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30983/10]

Since 2007 my Department has provided annual funding to the members of the Community & Voluntary pillar of the Social Partnership process. This funding has been awarded to support costs directly related to the organisations' contribution to policy-making in the social partnership process that is not funded from any other sources. The following table details the funding provided to the members of the Community & Voluntary pillar from 2007 to 2010.

In addition, a number of the organisations in question have received funding under various grant schemes operated by my Department. The following tables contain details of the amounts awarded to each organisation under the different funding schemes.

The organisations listed below were allocated total funding over the period 2004-2010 from Dormant Accounts as follows: