Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I assure the Deputy, on my behalf, on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, who has responsibility for disabilities, and on behalf of the Government, the work the association in Kerry does is acknowledged and hugely appreciated.

Over €13 million of funding from the Government is provided to the association for the fantastic work that it does. On top of that, it was one of the first section 39 organisations in the country to benefit from increased funding for FEMPI reversal or de facto FEMPI pay reversal. Furthermore, it will be among the recipients of funding from the €100 million fund. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, is looking at between €60 million and €65 million from that fund for disability services and exactly the kinds of activities the Deputy has rightly raised. Energy costs, transport costs and bringing children and adults from home to services are exactly the kinds of areas on which I, the Minister of State and the Government want to support these organisations through this energy crisis.

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