Written answers
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Department of Health and Children
Grant Payments
9:00 pm
Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding provided for organisations (details supplied) in 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14777/06]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The amounts paid by my Department in 2004 and 2005 from the National Lottery funded grant scheme to the organisations referred to are set out in the following tables:
| Organisation | Amount paid in 2004 | Project funded |
| â'¬ | ||
| Asthma Society of Ireland. | 9,306 | Towards the cost of a nationwide survey of second level schools to gauge the incidence and awareness of asthma. |
| AWARE. | 30,000 | Towards the cost of developing the helpline service to include an e-mail response facility for those in need of help and support. |
| Irish Kidney Association. | 175,000 | Towards the cost of a donor public awareness campaign, including printing and distributing organ donor cards with a fact file. |
| Mental Health Ireland. | 80,000 | Towards the cost of information resources, research, education and policy development. |
| Organisation | Amount paid in 2005 | Project funded |
| â'¬ | ||
| Brainwave — The Irish Epilepsy Association. | 2,500 | Towards the cost of distributing the teachers information pack to all primary schools. |
| Down Syndrome Ireland. | 15,000 | Towards the cost of providing information on Down Syndrome to new parents, students, medical professionals, teaching professionals and the public. |
| Down Syndrome Ireland. | 15,300 | Towards the cost of conducting a survey on services currently provided to young adults with Down Syndrome. |
| Irish Kidney Association. | 500,000 | Towards the cost of a donor public awareness campaign, including printing and distributing organ donor cards with a fact file. |
| Irish Kidney Association. | 50,000 | Towards the cost of training, accommodation and travel for 40 organ transplant patients to Ontario, Canada for nine days to represent Ireland at the World Transplant Games 2005. |
| Mental Health Ireland. | 57,000 | Towards the cost of developing mental health education resources for use with primary school children. |
| Schizophrenia Ireland. | 20,000 | Towards the cost of hosting a relatives' weekend in April 2005. |
The following tables show the funding provided in 2004 and 2005 by the health promotion unit in my Department to the organisations to which the Deputy's question refers.
| Organisation | Amount paid in 2004 | Project funded |
| Arthritis Foundation of Ireland. | 15,000 | For the juvenile arthritis programme. |
| AWARE. | 20,000 | For the depression awareness campaign 2004. |
| Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland. | 3,500 | For a booklet on paediatric nutrition for children with cystic fibrosis. |
| Enable Ireland. | 8,759 | For packing leaflets. |
| Irish Heart Foundation. | 335,330 | Operation costs for 2004 and research funding. |
| Mental Health Ireland. | 30,000 | For mental health promotion projects and printing information leaflets. |
| Organisation | Amount paid in 2005 | Project funded |
| AWARE. | 30,000 | For the depression awareness campaign. |
| Enable Ireland. | 6,575 | For packing leaflets. |
| Irish Heart Foundation. | 483,315 | Operational costs for 2005, funding for the national stroke unit and the sudden cardiac death taskforce report. |
| Mental Health Ireland. | 30,000 | For mental health promotion projects in 2005 and printing information leaflets. |
| Schizophrenia Ireland. | 12,000 | For 14th biennial conference. |
In addition, a capital grant for information and communications technology, amounting to €127,477, was paid by my Department in 2004 to the Irish Heart Foundation.
I have requested the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive to reply directly to the Deputy in respect of each of the organisations listed regarding the amounts paid by the former health boards in 2004 and by the HSE in 2005.
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