Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if funding is available for an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31714/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has in recent years made ex gratia payments to a number of bodies involved in the actual delivery of animal care and welfare services throughout the country. The funding available to any individual organisation is dependent on resources available and the level of demand and is therefore intended only as a contribution to the overall costs of the organisations. Until 2004, these ex gratia payments were made from residual funds available in my Department's Vote at the end of the year. However from 2004, specific provisions for this purpose have been included in the Department's Estimates. I will be making decisions in the next few weeks on payments to these bodies, including the body named, which have made applications for funding for 2006.