Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 February 2015
443. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a group (details supplied) to meet an immediate budgetary shortfall; if he will guarantee future funding, at an appropriate level, to enable the group to continue working with patients, who were the victims of sexual abuse, in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7929/15]
View answerFunding for this group is a matter for the HSE.
I understand that a mechanism has now been agreed to address the funding shortfall experienced by the group in 2014 and that the terms of the 2015 Grant Aid Agreement are also agreed. The HSE is awaiting a business case from the group for development funding.
It is also open to the group to submit an application to the National Lottery in respect of a once-off project that does not have on-going revenue implications, details of which are now available on the Department's website (www.health.gov.ie). The closing date for all National Lottery applications is 1 May 2015.
