Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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1598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding approved for an organisation for 2014 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34709/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Under the 2011-2014 Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector, my Department provided €31,086 to the organisation in question for the 6 months ending 30 June 2014.

While it was known that the existing scheme was ending on 30 June 2014 and applications were sought for the new scheme with no guarantee of continued funding, it is clear that organisations had become increasingly dependent on this funding. In agreement with my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Health with Special Responsibility for Primary Care, Mental Health and Disability, the public funding of national organisations in the health and disability sector will be reviewed with a view to rationalising the funding of these organisations to ensure efficiency in the use of public money and avoidance of duplication, while providing appropriate support to organisations working in the sector.

Having considered the impact of the decision, I announced on 18 July 2014 that I am allocating bridging funding to a number of previously funded health, disability and other organisations for a twelve month period while this review takes place. As part of this funding, the organisation in question has been allocated €62,172 for the 12 month period to 30 June 2015 .