Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the type of works eligible for assistance under the National Lottery grant available from her Department. [3336/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Requests for funding from the National Lottery Allocation available to my Department come primarily from individuals, groups and organisations with an involvement in the provision of health services to specific client groups (for example persons with an intellectual disability and/or physical disability, elderly, etc.), national groups providing information and support for various disabilities and illnesses and groups with a specific interest.

The applications for National Lottery funding received by my Department far exceed the available funding in any given year, resulting in some applicants being unsuccessful even though they meet the criteria outlined above.