Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of every organisation directly funded by his Department, excluding the Health Service Executive, to provide an advocacy service; the total amount of funding each organisation received for year ended 2014; the number of persons each organisation provided advocacy service for; the issues each organisation addressed for year ended 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12033/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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In 2014 the Department provided three sources of direct funding to organisations providing a range of health related services. One was National Lottery Grants through which the Department provides funding for voluntary and community organisations. Details of payments made from this source are available on the Departments web site www.health.gov.ie. The second source is through administration of a Drugs Initiative which primarily funds community based drugs initiatives supported by Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. Funding from the Drugs Initiative supports local projects set up by Drugs Task Forces in the areas of curbing local supply, prevention and awareness and research. A list of Drugs Task Forces are available on the Department's website (www.health.gov.ie/healthy-ireland/national-drugs-strategy/local-and-regional-drugs-task-forces/). Details of 2014 expenditure are presented in a table.

The Department also funds a number or research, consultative, supervisory and regulatory bodies, details of which are set out in a table.