Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 870: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated to the housing aid for the elderly scheme from 2003 to date in 2008 in the midlands Health Service Executive area; the amount of funding allocated to same in Counties Offaly and Laois; the amount of funding allocated in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28409/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The Special Housing Aid for the Elderly Scheme is currently administered by a Task Force under the aegis of my Department and operated at a local level by the Health Service Executive. Funding is provided to the Health Service Executive on a regional basis and it is a matter for the HSE to apportion funding within regions. Detailed information sought on localised activity under the scheme including apportionment to individual counties is not available in my Department.

Details of the allocations made available to the former Midland Health Board and current HSE Dublin/Mid Leinster region, which includes Counties Offaly and Laois, in the period specified, are set out in the following tables:

An initial allocation of €13 million has been made available in 2008 to the Health Service Executive for the operation of the scheme nationally.