I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 300 together.
The purpose of the scheme of community support for older people is to improve the security and social support of vulnerable older people. This funding is provided by way of grant aid to voluntary groups and organisations that have undertaken to identify those elderly people in need of assistance under the scheme. My Department has not received any complaints of the nature described by the Deputies. In light of the Deputies' inquiry, my Department has contacted the main service providers who have advised that they have not encountered any particular difficulties with the changes in phone numbers. If the Deputies could furnish me with details of the individuals affected, I will arrange for their circumstances to be investigated.
Scheme of Community Support for Older People, 2003
County
|
No. of groups funded
|
Amount funded
|
No. of people funded
|
|
|
€
|
|
Carlow
|
6
|
13,000
|
39
|
Cavan
|
19
|
84,750
|
311
|
Clare
|
10
|
66,620
|
142
|
Cork
|
52
|
230,094
|
693
|
Donegal
|
23
|
91,348
|
348
|
Dublin
|
35
|
1,090,929
|
3253
|
Galway
|
27
|
121,165
|
399
|
Kerry
|
14
|
38,900
|
116
|
Kildare
|
12
|
54,240
|
203
|
Kilkenny
|
9
|
54,265
|
161
|
Laois
|
6
|
32,998
|
114
|
Leitrim
|
11
|
45,263
|
153
|
Limerick
|
15
|
202,001
|
531
|
Longford
|
3
|
15,276
|
39
|
Louth
|
9
|
69,400
|
201
|
Mayo
|
22
|
99,412
|
310
|
Meath
|
14
|
70,500
|
263
|
Monaghan
|
8
|
14,442
|
55
|
Offaly
|
7
|
44,887
|
173
|
Roscommon
|
11
|
28,128
|
76
|
Sligo
|
18
|
44,856
|
164
|
Tipperary
|
18
|
72,274
|
219
|
Waterford
|
13
|
45,684
|
207
|
Westmeath
|
3
|
12,961
|
43
|
Wexford
|
16
|
46,735
|
133
|
Wicklow
|
11
|
166,938
|
423
|
TOTALS
|
392
|
2,857,066
|
8,769
|