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Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Department of Health

First-Aid Training

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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138. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department provides supports, financial or otherwise, to businesses, employers and community organisations to acquire training in first aid to equip staff or volunteers with first aid skills, particularly CPR and use of defibrillators, which are vital in saving lives in emergency situations and in particular in rural areas where ambulance waiting times are longer by reason of distance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42778/14]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund. From this fund, once-off grants are available to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health-related services.If an organisation wishes to make an application for funding in 2015, it should submit a formal application. Detailed procedures along with the application form will be available in January 2015 on my Department's website at .

I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly regarding what assistance it may be able to provide to organisations providing first aid response within the community. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

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