Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an organisation (details supplied) will be adequately funded in order that it can meet its research targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35445/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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My Department has provided funding to the organisation concerned in previous years through the Health Research Board: in 2007, it was €150,000 and, in 2008, it was €100,000. In both instances, it was made clear that the funding was of a once-off nature. It will be appreciated, especially in the current economic climate, that all applications for funding are rigorously examined and, in the context of the present application, I have asked the HRB to review the use of the funding received to date and the value for money being achieved by the organisation. This review is underway and when completed a decision will be made on the present application.