Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 October 2017
135. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of €5 million for the Healthy Ireland fund in 2017; if this funding has been allocated for 2017; and the locations in which the funding has been spent in 2017, in tabular form. [43339/17]
View answerTogether with An Taoiseach, and the Minister for Health, I recently announced the first allocations from the Healthy Ireland Fund, for national actions. This Strand of approximately €1.35m will promote partnerships and actions that support the implementation of key national policies and plans under Healthy Ireland dealing with issues such as physical activity, obesity prevention and creating a tobacco-free society.
Applications have been invited from all Local Community Development Committees and Children and Young Persons Services Committees, all of which have applied for funding. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs have provided some co-funding for CYPSC related actions in this strand. The overall amount available is approximately €3.8m. At this stage we expect that every LCDC and CYPSC will receive some level of funding in this round. The appraisal process by Pobal to finalise the recommendations for allocation of funding is currently underway and will be completed shortly. More detailed information relating to the location and the nature of funded activities will be available before the end of the year.
The link to the recent announcement of the Healthy Ireland Fund can be found at:
http://health.gov.ie/blog/press-release/33350/.
