Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an organisation (details supplied) will continue to be funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40368/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I am a strong supporter of health research and believe that it makes significant contributions not only to the achievement of health research goals but to broader social and economic ones. This has been acknowledged in the Renewed Programme for Government and also in the Action Plan for Health Research. That Action Plan recognises the significant level of investment made by this organisation in health research in this country.

In recent years funding has been made available from the allocation to the Health Research Board towards the joint funding research scheme operated in conjunction with the organisation. However, the allocation to health agencies for 2011, including the Health Research Board, will be determined after the Budgetary process is concluded and I am not in a position to provide details of any funding which might be available to the organisation at this stage of the process.