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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 19 Apr 1983

Vol. 341 No. 6

Written Answers . - Irish Pre-School Playgroups Association.

841.

asked the Minister for Health whether a grant of £16,000 was approved in respect of 1982 for the Irish Pre-School Playgroups Association; whether a grant has been approved in respect of 1983; and, if so, its size.

: My predecessor made funds available to the Eastern Health Board to enable the board to afford financial assistance up to an amount of £16,000 to the Irish Pre-School Playgroups Association in respect of the year 1982. However, as the Deputy will appreciate, the board, in accordance with standard procedures, was obliged to have regard to the statement of accounts of the association in deciding on the extent to which payment was justified. In the event, the grant required to meet the association's shortfall for 1982 amounted to £11,844.

In respect of 1983, I have made sufficient funds available to the board to enable it to afford assistance on the same general level as was given to the association in respect of 1982. Already an advance of £4,156 has been paid in respect of the current year bringing the total payment since March 1982 to £16,000. The board will not be in a position to determine the amount of further assistance required by the association until such time as it obtains and examines the audited accounts of the association for the year ended 31 March 1983 and projected accounts for the year commencing 1 April 1983.

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