579. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided under the social inclusion and community activation programme, in each county from 2020 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37912/24]

The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) is Ireland’s primary social inclusion intervention with an allocation of €47.4 million in 2024. SICAP funding allocations are made based on levels of relative affluence and deprivation in communities, ensuring the programme is targeting disadvantage fairly, to help those individuals in greatest need of the support.

The programme is managed at a local level by 33 Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs), with support from local authorities, and actions are delivered by 47 Local Development Companies across 53 Lot areas.

In 2022, an additional €5 million funding was allocated through SICAP, to support the Local Development Companies in the community response to support people arriving from Ukraine. An additional €10 million was also provided under SICAP in 2023 and in excess of €11m has been allocated in 2024 to allow Local Development Companies to continue their work to support New Arrivals and International Protection Applicants.

As requested, please see attached a breakdown of county by county allocations for SICAP for 2020 to 2024 including New Arrivals funding from 2022.

SICAP County by County 2020 -2024