Dan Neville
Question:107 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to funding suicide prevention as promised in Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 21 November 2002. [5076/03]
Written Answers - Suicide Prevention.
Additional revenue funding of €0.655 million is being provided this year for suicide prevention programmes. Since the publication of the report of the national task force on suicide in 1998 a cumulative total of more than €13 million has been provided towards suicide prevention and for research as follows:
|
Year |
Additional Funding |
Cumulative Total |
|
€m |
€m |
|
|
1999 |
0.190 |
0.190 |
|
2000 |
1.524 |
1.714 |
|
2001 |
1.054 |
2.768 |
|
2002 |
1.110 |
3.878 |
|
2003 |
0.655 |
4.533 |
|
Total |
13.083 |