Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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172. To ask the Minister for Health the funding in place for a project (details suppllied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35314/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. Funding in 2016 amounts to €3.286m of which €585,000 has been allocated to date.

An application for funding has been received from Virginia Men's Shed, Co Cavan, which is among a large number of applications currently being assessed by my Department.

I will decide on the allocation of the remaining funds in the coming weeks. Once a decision has been made, organisations will be notified of the outcome of their application.