Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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796. To ask the Minister for Health the LGBT groups and organisations that have received funding from his Department or the HSE in 2016 and to date in 2017; the amount of funding that has been provided; the purpose for which the funding was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19226/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In 2016 the Department of Health arranged for the transmission of funding of €45,600 to 'Belong To' in respect of an initiative being undertaken in the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Task Force on drugs and alcohol abuse in the LGBT community. In addition a once off payment of €5,000 was allocated to 'Belong To' in 2016 to support a drug project as part of the Taoiseach's initiative on the development of North East Inner City, Dublin.

To date in 2017 the Department of Health has allocated €22,800 to ' Belong To' for the continuation of its initiative on drugs and alcohol abuse in the LGBT community. This amounts to 50% of the 2017 funding allocation of €45,600 for this initiative.

Up until the end of 2016 the Department of Health disbursed national lottery funding to successful applicants. Details of lottery grants made are available on the Department's website at . The Department of Health no longer operates a National Lottery Fund. The HSE operates a similar scheme and continues to provide grants to health agencies and other organisations from National Lottery funds. Details can be found on its website at .

As the Deputy's question asks about funding received from the HSE, I have forwarded your question to the HSE for a direct reply.