Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent to date on the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56616/12]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated for 2013 for the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56617/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 444 together.

The amount of money spent to date on the Seniors Alert Scheme since 2004 is just over €23.5 million. Funding of €1.15 million is being allocated for the scheme in 2013. My Department is making some changes to the scheme to ensure that it remains targeted at the most vulnerable.