Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 2 Feb 1994

Vol. 438 No. 2

Written Answers. - National Lottery Funding.

Róisín Shortall

Question:

102 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Health the size of the allocation received by his Department from national lottery funds in 1993; the organisations to which these funds were allocated; the criteria applied in deciding which organisations were to receive funds; if there is a standard procedure through which applications are processed; if there is a standard application form available for organisations seeking grants; and, if so, is there an annual closing date for receipt of application forms.

Minister for Health (Mr. Howlin)

The allocation of national lottery funds to my Department in 1993 was £29,359,000.

The organisations which received funds during 1993 were as follows:

	£
Block allocations to Health Boards:
Eastern Health Board	310,000
Midland Health Board	165,000
Mid-Western Health Board	200,000
North-Eastern Health Board	200,000
North-Western Health Board	165,000
South-Eastern Health Board	208,000
Southern Health Board	212,000
Western Health Board	200,000
Total	1,660,000
Services for the Elderly
Eastern Health Board	1,610,000
Midland Health Board	330,000
Mid-Western Health Board	500,000
North-Eastern Health Board	455,000
North-Western Health Board	415,000
South-Eastern Health Board	600,000
Southern Health Board	890,000
Western Health Board	670,000
National Council for the Elderly	220,000
Age and Opportunity	25,000
Total	5,715,000
Services for the Mentally Handicapped
Eastern Health Board	580,000
Mid-Western Health Board	40,000
Western Health Board	420,000
Total	1,040,000
Child Care Services
Eastern Health Board	775,000
Midland Health Board	125,000
Mid-Western Health Board	185,000
North-Eastern Health Board	185,000
North-Western Health Board	125,000
South-Eastern Health Board	225,000
Southern Health Board	260,000
Western Health Board	200,000
Total	2,080,000
Public Health Services
Eastern Health Board	592,000
Southern Health Board	78,490
Western Health Board	38,000
Coombe Hospital	21,000
Health Research Board	63,000
Virus Reference Laboratory, UCD	37,510
Total	830,000
Physical Handicap Services
Eastern Health Board	713,000
Mid-Western Health Board	32,000
Southern Health Board	12,000
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland	25,000
Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists	2,000
Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association	16,000
Total	800,000
Health Board Services
Eastern Health Board	1,133,000
Midland Health Board	212,000
Mid-Western Health Board	319,000
North-Eastern Health Board	271,000
North-Western Health Board	204,000
South-Eastern Health Board	265,000
Southern Health Board	418,000
Western Health Board	313,000
Total	3,135,000
Capital Expenditure	11,000,000
Health Promotion	500,000
Miscellaneous Allocation
National Social Service Board	937,730
National Cancer Registry	250,000
Disability Federation of Ireland	110,000
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre	77,500
Clonmel Rape Crisis Centre	3,000
Kilkenny Rape Crisis Centre	10,000
Waterford Rape Crisis Centre	7,119
Cork Rape Crisis Centre	25,500
Tralee Rape Crisis Centre	15,000
Galway Rape Crisis Centre	2,000
Limerick Rape Crisis Centre	2,000
Eastern Health Board Counselling Centres	30,000
Irish Wheelchair Association	75,000
Muintir na Tíre — Community Alert Programme	25,000
Irish Kidney Association — Donor Card Scheme
	30,000
Health Research Board — Medical Audit System	34,000
GP Sentinel Network	13,150
National Nutrition Advisory Group	20,000
Irish Sudden Infant Death Association	24,000
St. Francis Hospice, Raheny	75,000
Irish Family Planning Association	20,000
Eccles Breast Screening Programme	65,000
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Lisnagry	25,000
Sisters of La Sagesse, Cregg House, Sligo	90,000
Eyebank Ireland	30,000
New Ross Community Hospital	35,000
Mental Health Association	70,000
Rialto Development Association	45,000
Huntingdon's Disease Association	30,000
Samaritans of Limerick and Tipperary	10,000
Turning Point	10,000
Family Life, Wexford	10,000
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (Beatrice Lindsay case)	5,000
Irish Red Cross Society (Gorey Branch)	13,315
Waterford Disabled Persons Association	750
Physically Challenged Irish Youth Team	5,000
Medical Students Overseas Relief	2,000
Irish Heart Foundation (Happy Heart Wexford)	500
Friends of Wexford Cardiac Unit	5,000
Chernobyl Children's Irish Aid Programme	2,000
Irish CND	2,000
Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland	25,000
St. Patrick's Special School, Bohreen Hill, Enniscorthy	40,000
Schizophrenia Association of Ireland	25,000
The Counselling Centre, Cork	25,000
Headway, The National Head Injuries Association	20,000
Southern Health Board Suicide Research Group	5,000
Cerebral Palsy Ireland (Galway Branch)	15,000
Action for Mobility	10,000
L'Arche Ireland	50,000
Ballincollig Senior Citizens Club	10,000
Order of Malta Ambulance Corps (Wexford Unit)	8,000
Drogheda Community Services Centre	12,000
Youth-in-Need	3,000
Irish Red Cross Society (Tralee Branch)	10,000
Irish Society for Autism	20,000
St. Vincent's Centre, Cork	20,000
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland	14,436
The Library Association	20,000
Mahon Community Association	20,000
Windmill Therapeutic (Training) Unit	5,000
Total	2,599,000

In 1993, almost 97 per cent of the Health allocation of national lottery funds went to support ongoing services administered by health boards or by bodies which have a close continuous relationship with my Department. This left, therefore, a small proportion of the overall funding available for discretionary type grants. The criteria and procedures used in relation to these discretionary type grants are briefly:

(i) Each grant request is assessed by the relevant service division within my Department and, if favourably considered, given an order of priority among the competing requests.

(ii) The Department may recommend the making of a grant to an organisation based on its ongoing relationship and knowledge of an organisation.

(iii) The various requests and recommendations are then considered by me during the first half of the year and again towards the end of the year. Some requests have to be dealt with quickly from time to time, and these requests are assessed in a similar manner.

(iv) Each organisation receiving a lottery grant is informed in writing that the grant may be used only for the approved purpose and that certification of expenditure must be submitted at the end of the financial year or on completion of the project, whichever is the earlier.

(v) Unsuccessful applicants are also notified and advised that they may submit a new application for consideration from the following year's allocation.

Since the beginning of this year a standard application form is in use for grant requests from the health allocation of national lottery funds. There is no closing date for receipt of applications, although as the year progresses less funding is available for distribution.