Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 16 Dec 1993

Vol. 437 No. 4

Written Answers. - National Lottery Funding.

Eamon Gilmore

Ceist:

178 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Health the total amount of money from the proceeds of the national lottery which has been distributed by his Department; and the total amount of such moneys that has been allocated to community, sporting and voluntary bodies.

Eamon Gilmore

Ceist:

179 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Health the total amount of money made available to his Department from the proceeds of the national lottery since 1 January 1993; and the uses to which this money has been put.

Minister for Health (Mr. Howlin)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together. The allocation of national lottery funds to my Department for 1993 is £29.359 million. The major portion of this allocation goes to support ongoing services administered by health boards or by bodies which have a close relationship with my Department. These services include:

	£m
Services for the elderly	5.715
Services for mentally handicapped	1.040
Services for physically handicapped	0.800
Child care services	2.080
Health promotion	0.500
Public health services	0.830
Health board services	3.135
Other commitments
Rape Crisis Centres	0.172
Irish Wheelchair Association	0.075
Muintir na Tíre — Community Alert Programme (final instalment)	0.025
Irish Kidney Association — Donor Card Scheme	0.030
Nursing Manpower Study (final instalment)	0.020
RCSI — Medical Audit System (final instalment)	0.034
GP Sentinel Network (final installment)	0.013
National Nutrition Advisory Group	0.020
Irish Sudden Infant Death Society (3rd year of 3 year project)	0.024
St. Francis Hospice, Raheny	0.075
Irish Family Planning Association	0.020
Eccles Breast Screening Programme	0.065
St. Vincent's, Lisnagry	0.025
Cregg House	0.090
Eye Bank	0.030
Rialto Development Association	0.045
New Ross Community Hospital	0.035
Total other commitments	0.798

In addition £11 million is provided from national lottery funds as part of the capital expenditure programme. Block grants totalling £1.66 million were allocated to health boards for distribution mainly to voluntary organisations in their areas. Annual allocations of £1.29 million were made as follows:

	£m
National Social Service Board	0.930
National Cancer Registry Board	0.250
Disability Federation of Ireland	0.110

This leaves a balance of £0.511 million available for payment to organisations on a discretionary basis. The amounts distributed to date are as follows:

	£000
Family Life Service, Wexford	10
Mental Health Association of Ireland	70
Daughters of Charity (Beatrice Lindsay case)	5
Huntingdons Disease Association	30
Samaritans of Limerick and Tipperary	10
Turning Point	10
Irish Red Cross Society — Gorey Branch	13
Waterford Disabled Persons' Association	0.75
Physically Challenged Irish Youth Team	5
Medical Students Overseas Relief	2
Irish Heart Foundation (Happy Heart Wexford)	0.5
Friends of Wexford Cardiac Unit	5
Chernobyl Childrens Irish Aid Programme	2
Irish CND	2
Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland	25
St. Patrick's Special School, Bohreen Hill, Enniscorthy	40
Schizophrenia Association of Ireland	25
The Counselling Centre, Cork	25
Headway, the National Head Injuries Association	20
Southern Health Board Suicide Research Group	5
Cerebral Palsy Ireland (Galway Branch)	15
Action for Mobility	10
L'Arche Ireland	50
Ballincolling Senior Citizens Club	10
Order of Malta Ambulance Unit (Wexford Unit)	8
Drogheda Community Services Centre	12
Youth-in-Need	3
Mahon Community Association	20

I am considering the distribution of the balance from a range of applications.