Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is such a delay in distributing Section 65 funding to voluntary groups providing services to the elderly; the reason they must wait until December to receive half of their annual funding; if her attention has been drawn to the financial pressures which this puts on many organisations; the plans she has to address this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1080/07]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.