Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money her Department has provided for the Asthma Society in 2007; the amount that will be allocated in 2008 to the Asthma Society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27959/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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To date, my Department has not provided funding to the Asthma Society in 2007. Applications for funding from the Health and Children National Lottery allocation are received from individuals, groups, and organisations with an involvement in the provision of health services to specific client groups and national groups providing information and support regarding disability and illness and groups with a specific interest. No application for National Lottery funding has been received by my Department from the Asthma Society in 2007.

The funding generally of voluntary organisations in the health area is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004. As the Executive is the appropriate body to consider this aspect, 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.