A new €3.5 million migrant integration fund has been launched today by Minister of State for Migration Colm Brophy, to enable communities across Ireland “to play a greater role in promoting the integration of migrants”.
The 2025 Integration Fund brings together two previous funds, the International Protection Integration Fund (IPIF) and the Communities Integration Fund (CIF), which over their years of operation provided €9.6 million in funding for over 1000 projects across Ireland.
Since its inception in 2022, the IPIF saw 193 projects given grant funding totalling €5.3 million, while the CIF since 2017 funded over 930 projects with a sum totalling €4.32 million.
This is the first year that the IPIF and the CIF have run as a single consolidated funding call.
Announcing the fund, Minister Brophy said that the “breadth and scale of projects funded in recent years has been truly inspiring”.
“Our society benefits greatly from migration as people come here to fill jobs, bring skills and support our economic growth. Community groups across the country recognise this, which is why it is pivotal that we support them in their efforts to promote successful integration,” he said.
Two streams of funding are available for applicants, with ‘Scheme A’ providing grants of between €10,000 and €100,000 for integration projects targeting people seeking international protection.
Meanwhile, ‘Scheme B’ will provide grants of between €1,000 and €10,000 for local integration projects focused on any migrant group.
Lists of 2024’s successful applicants for funding under the International Protection Integration Fund and the Communities Integration Fund can be found here and here, respectively.
Lists of 2023’s successful applicants for funding under the International Protection Integration Fund and the Communities Integration Fund can be found here and here, respectively.
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