Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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351. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area where they require them, to enhance their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54474/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the Deputy's specific question, as she may be aware, the Order of Malta and other similar organisations who provide a range of voluntary services in the community, including health services, are registered charities which fall under the immediate responsibility of the Charities Regulator.

I understand the Order of Malta may have benefitted from substantial funding granted to it under the auspices of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme as well as through the CLÁR Initiative, so the Deputy may, therefore, wish to direct her inquiry in the first instance to my colleague the Minister for Community and Rural Development who has overall responsibility for the Charities Regulator and for the charities sector overall.