We use Google Analytics to see which pages are read and how the site is used, so we know what to improve. This only runs if you accept. See our privacy notice for details.

Dáil

Written answer

Departmental Funding

107. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the 100 non-governmental organisations that received the highest levels of public funding in the most recent year for which figures are available; the amount received by each organisation; and the Department, agency or public body from which the funding originated. [59495/26]

Comment on this

108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants and other public monies provided directly or indirectly to non-governmental organisations headquartered outside the State in each year from 2020 to date; and if she will provide a list of each organisation, its country of registration and the amounts paid. [59513/26]

Comment on this

109. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants, service level agreement funding and other public moneys provided to non-governmental organisations in each year from 2020 to date; if she will provide a list of the recipient organisations; and the amount paid to each organisation in each year. [59530/26]

Comment on this
Neale Richmond Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Fine Gael

I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 to 109, inclusive, together.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provides funding to a range of NGOs through a number of grant schemes dedicated to delivering on the Government's priorities at home and abroad. These include support for international development, development education in Ireland, reconciliation on the island of Ireland, emigrant support, humanitarian assistance, and promotion of international peace and stability.

Funding is provided through a number of programmes and schemes, each of which regularly publish details on the NGOs they support and the funding provided:

• The majority of this funding was provided through Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme, Irish Aid, which prioritises support to countries and communities most in need. The Department publishes an ODA Annual Report, which provides a list of partner organisations and is available through the following link: ireland.ie/en/irish-aid/news-and-publications/annual-reports/. The Annual Report for 2025 will be published in September 2026.

• The Emigrant Support Programme, supports organisations across the world to work with the vulnerable and under-represented, and to nurture Ireland’s cultural heritage abroad among the diaspora. A breakdown of organisations that received funding under the Programme and their amounts is provided on the programmes website: ireland.ie/en/irish-diaspora/emigrant-support-programme/previous-funding/.

• The Reconciliation Fund, supports organisations working to build better relations within and between traditions in Northern Ireland, between North and South of the Island, and between Ireland and Britain. A full list of grants awarded in each year is available through the following link: gov.ie/en/department-of-foreign-affairs/services/reconciliation-fund.

• The Shared Island Civic Society Fund, which was established in 2023, supports NGOs and others to promote practical North-South cooperation and engagement through increased cross-border civic society connections. Details of previous rounds of funding are available through the following link: gov.ie/en/department-of-foreign-affairs/publications/shared-island-civic-society-fund-previous-fund-rounds/.

In the five years 2020 to 2024, almost €1.3 billion was provided directly to NGOs under Department funding schemes. It is important to note that the Department’s major development NGO partners will also have accessed funding through UN, EU, and other pooled funds, to which Ireland contributes.

The total number of NGOs supported under these schemes, in each of the 5 years requested, is detailed below:

*Since its inception in 2023 the Shared Island Civic Society Fund supports NGOs across the island of Ireland on a cross-border basis. 107 NGOs have received funding with a total value of €2,998,412. For the purposes of this response they have been accounted for under State based NGOs, although they have by necessity a cross-border partnership presence.

The list of the top 100 NGOs in receipt of Departmental funding in 2024 is set out below.

Comment on this