Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 593: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by an organisation (details supplied) Dublin 15, supporting newborn babies and young children and that the people using the service are predominantly immigrants who value the service as a means of connecting with the local community; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the service may have to close or severely curtail its services due to a shortfall in funding of €40,000 in 2008 and that the service started as a RAPID initiative with support from his Department and other agencies before being selected for transfer to the Health Service Executive which is initiating cutbacks; his views on whether such initiatives are valuable for supporting the integration of immigrants into Irish communities and for facilitating their access to community services; if he will facilitate a roundtable conference of all the relevant stakeholders, including himself, the HSE, RAPID, the Department for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the organisation and the Minister of State with special responsibility for integration to secure the funding required to allow the project to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11221/08]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The organisation in question was awarded funding of €70,090 under the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF) to establish a Lifestart Programme in Mulhuddart to facilitate a home-visiting support service to families with young children.

A further sum of €22,600 was awarded to the organisation from the fund in 2007. This was done to facilitate continued limited funding to first round projects which had demonstrated proven outcomes and where mainstreaming to relevant Departments/agencies had been applied for — and was under consideration — on the expiry of the additional Dormant Accounts funding.

In recommending this additional funding, my Department was keen to ensure that eligible projects could remain operational whilst seeking appropriate mainstream support. The Deputy will appreciate that the DAF cannot, of its nature, be a source of indefinite funding for specific projects. I understand that at the time of the award of additional funding in 2007, an application from the organisation in question for mainstream funding was under consideration by the Health Service Executive. My Department is prepared to facilitate a meeting of relevant stakeholders in the near future with a view to progressing the matter of funding for the organisation.

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 594: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the organisations in the Mayo constituency that were granted funds under the current round of national lottery grants; the amount granted in each case; the organisations in this area whose applications were unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11295/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, my Department uses the proceeds of the National Lottery to part fund the following schemes and programmes:

Programme of Grants for Locally-based Community & Voluntary Organisations;

Scheme of Community Supports for Older People (CSOP);

The Community Development Programme (CDP);

Funding Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community & Voluntary Sector; and

Ciste na Gaeilge.

Details of the funding allocated to-date in the 2008 round by my Department to organisations in County Mayo is reflected in the following table.

The following organisation, Fo-Ciste Gnó-Ciste na Gaeilge, Westport, Mhaigh Eo will receive funding amounting to €165,000 in 2008. This funding was sanctioned in 2006 for a three year period per year.