National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2025-09-25
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Paul Donnelly (SF), Dublin West

I appreciate that. When will details of the seed funding be announced? It was in the programme for Government. Also, Rethink was awarded a five-year €4 million contract for delivering social innovation supports without any public tendering. Maybe we could find out, because no other sectoral bodies could apply for it, why the contract was not the subject of a public tender.

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Sitting date: 2025-09-25