Written answers

Thursday, 2 June 2011

Department of Health

Departmental Expenditure

5:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the necessary funding that will be provided through the vocational education committees, the Health Service Executive and any other bodies such as partnerships or the National Lottery to ensure the continuation of the Kildare-Offaly Lifestart programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14093/11]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Health Service Executive may, subject to the resources available to it, provide funding from its overall service budget to an organisation to provide services on its behalf, or a service that is similar or ancillary to, a service the Executive provides. A voluntary body seeking assistance should make a written application to the HSE, setting out the purpose for which the assistance is required and all other relevant information, including details of the organisation's financial position. The Health Service Executive is also in receipt of National Lottery funding and makes grants available from this source to local voluntary organisations and other organisations. I am not directly involved in decisions regarding these grants, which are determined locally or regionally within the HSE.

In addition, my Department has a National Lottery discretionary fund in place which provides once-off grants to community groups and organisations, providing a range of health related services. The assessment of applications is made on the basis that these grants are intended to be discretionary once-off funding and is not intended to fund ongoing services. My Department has no record of an application from the Group referred to by the Deputy. If the organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding they should send in a formal application. Detailed procedures, along with the application form are set out on my Department's website - www.dohc.ie.

Funding provided by the Vocational Education Committees is a matter for the Minister for Education and Skills. Funding provided to local Partnerships is a matter for Pobal, which comes under the remit of the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government.

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