Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the financial or other assistance available to a community group (details supplied) in County Carlow which provides meals for persons who are less privileged in society [40116/15]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Support to community organisations for the provision of meals is available from a range of sources. Funds for meals-on-wheels type operations are generally a matter for the Health Service Executive.

The Department of Social Protection can support such operations under a number of its work placements schemes, including Community Employment, Tús, the Rural Social Scheme and the Community Services Programme. The company referred to by the Deputy made an application at the end of October 2015 for support to access food supplies under the new Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived. The closing date for applications for this new programme is 30 November 2015 and applications received are being assessed with a view to decisions issuing before the end of the year.