Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 May 2017
178. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to community and voluntary groups from his Department's national lottery discretionary fund in each of the years 2008 to 2016 in tabular form; the allocation to be provided in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25117/17]
View answerMy Department administered a National Lottery Discretionary Fund during the years 2008 to 2016 from which once-off grants were paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. The funding provided amounted to €3.985m per year in 2008 and 2009, €3.786m in 2010, and €3.286m in each of the years 2011 to 2016. A list, in tabular form, of all the organisations that received lottery funding in each of these years is available on my Department's website at:
http://health.gov.ie/about-us/lottery-funding-2008-2016/.
My Department no longer operates a National Lottery Fund. However, the HSE operates a similar scheme and continues to provide grants to health agencies and other organisations from National Lottery funds.
