Request Reference 17-285 copies of any correspondence relating to 1. The granting of State aid to the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe; 2. The monitoring, or overseeing, by the State of the use to which that aid was put; 3. Any matters sought by the State, such as appointments to the Board of the Institute, so that the public interest would be protected with regard to the granting of public monies and the use to which such funding was put; and 4. Copies of any accounts furnished to your office by the Institute and/or Malachy Vallely. By way of explanation, this request relates primarily to the provision, some 10 years ago, of some €11 million from this State, accompanied by some €3m from the Northern Ireland Executive, for restoration works at the Irish College in Leuven, Belgium, leased by the Franciscan Order to the 17-289 Journalist Institute. Transferred

Requester Type Journalist

Department of Finance

1. All records relating to this entry in the lobbying databasewww.lobbying.ie/return/19014/irish- life-health-dac 2. To include records relating to any follow up meetings which took place