Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 27 Nov 2002

Vol. 558 No. 2

Written Answers. - RAPID Programme.

Tony Gregory

Question:

177 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health and Children the projects referred to his Department for funding under the RAPID Programme from the Dublin Central constituency; and the funding allocation he has made for these projects. [23843/02]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin):

The Department of Health and Children has received 21 proposals in respect of RAPID projects for the central Dublin area under RAPID Strand I Urban Areas. These projects are listed in the following table.

Government policy is that RAPID is to be funded through the prioritisation of the identified areas and the front loading to them of a significant share of the funding allocated under the national development plan. Agencies have been asked to implement the programme from within their existing resources.

In relation to RAPID Strand I, officials from my Department have written to the RAPID co-ordinators and to the chief executive officers of the relevant health boards-authority to request that they: prioritise the list of projects for their board, paying particular attention to the top five priorities; consider re-prioritisation that could be made on the basis of RAPID type projects from their 2002 allocation and which could be implemented within existing resources; and include as many prioritised RAPID proposals as possible in their service plans for 2003.

An internal group comprising representatives of relevant units within the Department of Health and Children has been established to ensure co-ordination with health board counterparts in service areas for which RAPID proposals have been submitted.

Until health board service plans have been received in the Department of Health and Children and agreed with boards it will not be possible to indicate the amount of money allocated for RAPID in 2003.

North West Inner City	Health Care Unit/One Stop Shop North Circular Road, D.7	DUB NWIC 35
North West Inner City	Psychiatric Community Accommodation – Catchment Area 7 Community Accommodation for 8-10 persons at the Mater Hospital	DUB NWIC 13
North East Inner City	Primary Health Care Unit – Sean McDermott Street	DUB NEIC 12
North East Inner City	Neighbourhood Youth Project 1 – For North East Inner City Area	DUB NEIC 13
North East Inner City	Neighbourhood Youth Project 2 – For North East Inner City Area	DUB NEIC 14
North East Inner City	Lourdes Day Centre – Support older persons	DUB NEIC 15
North East Inner City	Hill Street Family Resource Centre	DUB NEIC 16
North East Inner City	Community Development Worker	DUB NEIC 17
North East Inner City	Getting on – project aimed at adult men, drug problems and open social economy	DUB NEIC 18
North East Inner City	City Clinic Service – outreach for drug dependent clients	DUB NEIC 19
North East Inner City	Expansion of Talbot Centre for provision of prevention and education for young people	DUB NEIC 20
North East Inner City	Development of Mental Health Service sector headquarters – Strand House	DUB NEIC 21
North West Inner City	Medium Support Community Accommodation for Homeless/Asylum seekers	DUB NWIC 14
North West Inner City	Day Centre for Mental Health Patients	DUB NWIC 39
North West Inner City	Provision of Day Centre for Alzheimer's Sufferers	DUB NWIC 8
North West Inner City	Youth Homeless Development – In conjunction with St. Vincent's Trust, Henrietta Street	DUB NWIC 38
North West Inner City	Enhanced Addiction Outreach Services – For North West Inner City Area	DUB NWIC 34
North West Inner City	Macro Senior Citizens Management Group – For North West Inner City Area.	DUB NWIC 43
	Three additional projects for the centre of Dublin are located in thePearse St. Area
Dublin – Pearse St.	Creation of a primary health care centre on/near Pearse St.	DUB SEIC 9
Pearse Street	Creation of a primary health care facility in the redeveloped Meath Hospital	DUB SEIC 10
Pearse Street	Extend existing St. Andrew's Day Centre for the Elderly. 114-116 St. Andrews Street	DUB SEIC 11