Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the grants, grant-aid, low-cost borrowing and funding that his Department can provide to an association (details supplied), heading under which the grants, grant-aid, low cost borrowing and funding is provided; the maximum amount that can be accessed ; and the dates on which the schemes operate. [32280/23]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Health has no recurring schemes under which the association can apply nor any open calls for funding. The Department does have a strategic partnership with the association, the GAA Healthy Clubs Programme healthyclubs.gaa.ie/ which aims to transform clubs into hubs for health within their communities.

A recent example under this partnership, was a sum of €815,000 which was provided to the association for the GAA Walking Tracks initiative which aimed to upgrade existing walking tracks on club grounds to make them more accessible to more people. See gov.ie www.gov.ie/en/press-release/5d144-minister-for-public-health-wellbeing-and-the-national-drugs-strategy-welcomes-announcement-of-successful-applicants-for-gaa-walking-tracks-initiative/ for more information.