Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the safeguards in place to ensure an equitable distribution of the National Lottery discretionary funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37672/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

National Lottery applications are received by my Department from a range of community and voluntary organisations involved in various health related activities. The relevant Unit in my Department liaises with the appropriate personnel in the Health Service Executive to assess each individual application and consider whether the application should be recommended for funding.

When the assessment has been completed and a recommendation has been made, I review each application and prioritise them according to their merits before awarding National Lottery funding.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the number and the total value of applications received from County Donegal for funding under the National Lottery discretionary fund and the number of these that were successful for 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37673/12]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the amount of funding allocated to organisations based in County Donegal under the National Lottery discretionary Fund for 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37674/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1638 and 1639 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in a table.