Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 461: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department fund a group (details supplied) in County Wexford; if so, the amount of funding received; the person who is responsible for this group/organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10550/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The group in question aids and assists families and individuals who have experienced suicide by a loved one, by way of counselling and bereavement support on an individual and a group basis.

The group first applied for funding to the Family Support Agency in 2005. The agency administers the scheme of grants to voluntary organisations providing marriage counselling services, marriage preparation courses, child counselling services in respect of parental separation and bereavement counselling and support services on the death of a family member.

The group applied for €1,500 for the provision of bereavement support and received a grant of €900 for this purpose. Overall, a total of €8.407 million was allocated in 2005 and some 547 organisations benefited from the scheme.

A total of €9.008 million has been made available under the scheme this year. The scheme was advertised in the national and provincial papers on the week commencing 23 January. The closing date for receipt of applications was Friday, 24 February 2006. Some 540 applications have been received and are currently being processed.

The group in question has not made an application for funding under the 2006 grants scheme.