Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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771. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost in 2023 in the budget for the senior alert scheme, which was increased by 15%. [48250/22]

Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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The allocation for the Seniors Alert Scheme for 2023 is €2.3m. As this is a demand led scheme, it will be kept under continuous review by my Department to ensure adequate funding can be made available to meet the requirements of all qualifying applicants. There is also provision under the Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan for funding to meet the additional and exceptional demands of the Scheme.

Every eligible applicant under the Scheme has become a participant with currently 100,000 participants supported under the Scheme.