£10m spent on tackling paramilitaries
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In all, 37 funding allocations have been made between 2016-17 and 2017-18
More than £10m has been spent as part of a Stormont programme designed to tackle paramilitarism and organised crime.
The Executive Office set it up in the wake of the 2015 Fresh Start agreement.
An overall budget of £50m between 2016 and 2021 was put in place - half coming from the UK government; the other half from Stormont.
Figures for the , with £10.6m allocated to various projects.
A large portion of the money - just under £5m - has been spent on getting the Paramilitary Taskforce up and running.
Some of the other spending for the first two years includes:
About £850,000 spent on a public awareness campaign to highlight the harm caused by paramilitaries
Just under £1m for a project to support young men at risk of becoming involved, or further involved, in paramilitary activity
In the funding year 2017-18, £400,000 funding for a programme for women in community development
In all, 37 funding allocations have been made between 2016-17 and 2017-18.
The scheme is run by the Department of Justice on behalf of all Stormont departments. Many other government agencies are also involved.
´óÏó´«Ã½ News NI has been told that the allocation of money is - and will continue to be - closely monitored.