asked the Minister for Social Welfare the future role he envisages for the National Committee to Combat Poverty.
Written Answers. - National Committee to Combat Poverty.
195.
The National Committee on Pilot Schemes to Combat Poverty have asked me to discuss the future of their programme with them and I hope to arrange such a discussion in the near future. I will consider the whole position in the light of this discussion.
196.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the financial allocation of the National Committee to Combat Poverty for 1978, 1979 and 1980.
The amounts allocated to the National Committee on Pilot Schemes to Combat Poverty for the years in question are set out in the following table:
|
Initial Allocation |
Supplementary Estimate |
Additional Allocation |
Total |
|
|
1978 |
479,000 |
21,000 |
20,165 |
520,165 |
|
1979 |
493,000 |
50,000 |
7,745 |
550,745 |
|
1980 |
500,000* |
* The work of the Committee is due to be finished at the end of November 1980.