Vol. 500 No. 7
292 Ms O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children if funding has been allocated to celebrate 1999 as the year of the elderly; if so, the way in which senior citizens groups can apply for funding for a specific project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/99]
295 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided to the Western Alzheimer Foundation for a res pite home in Ballindine, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5349/99]
The United Nations International Year of Older Persons 1999 is being managed in this country by a national steering committee which is serviced by a small secretariat based at 58 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2. I have provided adequate funding for the organisation for the year and, in an advertisement which appeared in the national daily newspapers on Saturday, 6 February 1999, details were given of how interested groups could apply for financial support for local and regional projects.
