§ 22. Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when first the Gaelic Athletic Association received grants from public funds; what is the total amount received by it, for all purposes, since then; and what is the increase in the amount received by the Gaelic Athletic Association in the first two years and that received by it in the last two years.
§ Mr. GoodhartGrants were first paid by the former Ministry of Education for Northern Ireland to the Gaelic Athletic Association on 10 June 1962. The total grant paid by Government bodies up to the end of the last financial year was £331,000. The total grant paid during the first and last two years of this period was £512 and £195,952 respectively.