Vol. 461 No. 4
68 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid out in national lottery grants by his Department in respect of each county or constituency in the country; and the specific project funded for each grant allocation. [2887/96]
The total amount allocated from national lottery funds to my Department in 1995 was £23.012 million. Approximately 80 per cent (£18.344 million) of this funding supported ongoing services and partly funded the Capital Programme.
A further amount of £3.29 million was allocated to health boards to fund the respite care grant scheme and the schemes of grants to voluntary organisations.
The remaining sum of £1.378 million was allocated to the organisations and projects listed in the following table.
Projects funded from National Lottery Discretionary Funds in 1995.
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Organisation |
Amount |
Project |
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£ |
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1. National Organisations |
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Arthritis Foundation of Ireland. |
3,346 |
Computer printer and software. |
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Chernobyl Children's Irish Aid Programme. |
3,000 |
Towards cost of Programme. |
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Federation of Active Retirement Associations. |
3,000 |
Towards cost of running workshops. |
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Grow Community Mental Health Movement Kilkenny. |
20,000 |
Towards cost of providing network of self help groups for people with mental illness. |
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Huntington's Disease Association. |
40,000 |
Towards cost of providing information service. |
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Irish Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. |
35,000 |
“Break-away Weeks” and study days. |
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Irish Haemophilia Society. |
14,000 |
To assist with the provision of information and related activities for certain persons infected by hepatitis C. |
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Irish Kidney Association. |
40,000 |
Donor Card Scheme. |
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Irish Sudden Infant Death Association. |
66,072 |
National Sudden Infant Death Register. |
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Library Association of Ireland. |
20,000 |
Towards cost of Consumer Health Information Research Project. |
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Muintir na Tíre. |
30,000 |
Community Alert Scheme. |
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National Association of Home Help Organisers. |
1,600 |
Towards cost of training Home Help Organisers and Assistants. |
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National Liver Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4. |
50,000 |
Towards cost of providing accommodation close to the Unit for use by relatives of rural patients. |
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Order of Malta. |
10,000 |
Funding of voluntary ambulance services: towards cost of replacement ambulances in local branches. |
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Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin 6. |
6,000 |
Research programme into neurodegenerative disease. |
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Physically Challenged Irish Youth Team. |
5,000 |
Towards cost of bringing team of handicapped young people to New York to York and a team from New York to Ireland. |
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Positive Action. |
45,000 |
To assist with the provision of information and related activities for certain persons infected by hepatitis C. |
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Schizophrenia Association of Ireland. |
25,000 |
Funding of services for sufferers, family and carers of people with Schizophrenia. |
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St. John's Ambulance Brigade of Ireland. |
10,000 |
Funding of voluntary ambulance services: towards cost of replacement ambulances in local branches. |
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The Nuerofibromatosis Association of Ireland |
5,000 |
Towards cost of providing information to raise awareness of genetic disorder. |
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Transfusion Positive. |
4,800 |
To assist with the provision of information and related activities for certain persons infected by hepatitis C. |
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World Organisation Ovulation Method (Billings). |
1,000 |
To defray expenses incurred attending the Cairo Conference on Population in September 1994. |
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Youth-in Need, Thurles, County Tipperary. |
4,000 |
To fund London-Irish rescue services and Youth Outreach Project in Ireland. |
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2. County Carlow |
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Holy Angels Day Centre, Carlow. |
30,000 |
Towards cost of providing a Hydrotherapy unit at Centre for handicapped children under 18 months. |
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3. County Clare |
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Cahercalla Community Hospital, Ennis, County Clare. |
30,000 |
Towards cost of services at Hospital and Hospice. |
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4. County Cork |
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Ballincollig Senior Citizens Club, Ballincollig, County Cork. |
20,000 |
Towards purchase of ambulance with wheelchair facilities. |
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5. County Donegal |
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Parents and Friends of Mentally Handicapped Persons South West Donegal Branch. |
25,000 |
Towards cost of building a residential hostel for severely mentally handicapped persons at Killymard, Donegal Town. |
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St. Vincent de Paul, Derrybeg, County Donegal. |
30,000 |
Towards cost of building, equipping and furnishing houses for the elderly near Day Centre. |
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6. County Dublin |
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Arc Trust, Eccles Street, Dublin 7. |
50,000 |
To furnish and equip the cancer support and drop-in information Centre. |
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Clondalkin Mental Health Association, Dublin 22. |
3,000 |
Towards cost of outings for the mentally ill and social skills training. |
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Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Clonsilla, Dublin. |
25,000 |
Towards the cost of providing a hydrotherapy pool. |
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Drimnagh Active Retirement Association, Dublin 12. |
2,500 |
Towards the cost of equipment and of transporting retired persons to events. |
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Dún Laoghaire Lions Club |
7,100 |
Matching funds from Golf Classics held in May 1994 and May 1995 in aid of St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire and the Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire respectively. |
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Friends of Vergemount Clinic, Clonskeagh, Dublin. |
20,000 |
Towards cost of purchasing a mini-bus to transport of patients. |
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Recovery Inc, Dublin 8. |
5,000 |
Once-off contribution towards cost of group therapy for persons suffering from depression, phobias etc. |
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Sonas (APC) Project, c/o Temple Street Hospital, Dublin 1 |
15,000 |
Project on communication in elderly people with dementia. |
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St. Francis Hospice, Raheny, Dublin 5 |
75,000 |
Home care service. |
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Turning-Point Positive Health Centre, Dún Laoghaire. |
25,000 |
Towards cost of providing office equipment and administrative support. |
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William Stokes Post Graduate Centre, St. James's Hospital, Dublin |
20,000 |
To complete furnishing and equipping the Centre which provides a facility for use by hospitals, GPs and community health groups. |
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Women's Aid, Dublin 7 |
28,000 |
Towards cost of Advice Centre, National Helpline, workshops and seminars. |
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6. County Galway |
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Brothers of Charity, John Paul Centre, Ballybane, Galway. |
17,000 |
Towards cost of purchasing a minibus. |
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Clifden Mental Health Association, County Galway. |
18,000 |
Purchase of bus with wheelchair lift for use by psychiatric patients attending St. Joseph's, Clifden. |
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Leenane Day Centre for the Elderly, Leenane, County Galway. |
1,500 |
Towards cost of services at Centre. |
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Rehab Group, Galway |
3,000 |
To assist in transportation of wheelchair bound trainees to the Centre to enable them to avail of training for open employment. |
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8. County Kerry |
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Talbot Grove Centre, Castleisland, County Kerry. |
62,500 |
Services at residential centre for treatment of alcohol, drug and gambling addiction. |
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9. County Kilkenny |
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Irish Fight for Sight Campaign, Kilkenny Branch, Goresbridge, County Kilkenny |
15,000 |
Towards cost of diagnostic equipment for County Clinic, James's Green. Kilkenny. |
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Irish Wheelchair Association, North Kilkenny Branch |
12,000 |
Towards cost of replacing a minibus. |
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St. Mullin's Day Care Transport Committee, Graiguemanagh, County Kilkenny. |
2,500 |
Cost of bus hire and expenses of committee. |
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10. County Limerick |
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Alexian Brothers of the Province of the Sacred Heart, Limerick. |
30,000 |
Towards cost of providing hostel. |
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Bergerie Trust, Limerick. |
75,000 |
Towards cost of extending and refurbishing building at Centre for the elderly. |
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Drumcollogher and District Day Care Association, County Limerick. |
20,000 |
Towards capital cost of building day care facilities for elderly and disadvantaged. |
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Irish Red Cross Society, Limerick Branch |
10,000 |
Towards cost of replacement ambulance. |
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Limerick Social Service Council, Henry Street, Limerick. |
10,000 |
Towards cost of furnishing and equipping dining room and kitchen. |
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Newcastlewest Meals on Wheels |
1,500 |
Towards cost of providing three hot meals per week to the elderly. |
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Order of Malta, Limerick Branch. |
10,000 |
Towards cost of building headquarters in Limerick. |
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Rathkeale Going Strong Club, Rathkeale, County Limerick. |
528 |
Towards cost of equipment and expenses of group. |
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St. John's Senior Citizens Club, Good Shepherd Complex, Pennywell Road, Limerick. |
600 |
Towards annual running costs of the club. |
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St. Mary's Senior Citizens, Keeper |
600 |
Towards cost of kitchen equipment and |
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View Terrace, Limerick. |
the activities of the group. |
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St. Patrick's/St. Bridget's Group, Bawn Mor and Lisnagry, County Limerick. |
600 |
Towards cost of providing facilities for the elderly. |
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The John Nash Charity, Richmond Terrace Sheltered Housing Project, Henry Street, Limerick. |
10,000 |
Towards cost of building and equipment for kitchen and communal facilities. |
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Villiers Housing Association Ltd., Villiers Square, Church Street, Limerick. |
10,000 |
Towards cost of furnishing and equipping dining room and kitchen. |
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11. County Mayo |
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Irish Wheelchair Association. |
30,000 |
To provide adapted transport to enable 15 young wheelchair users in Belmullet/Killala areas to participate in training sports and other activities. |
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12. County Meath |
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Meath Sheltered Workshop, Navan, County Meath. |
18,454 |
To purchase 16 seat minibus to transport trainees to Centre. |
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13. County Roscommon |
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Elphin Social Services, Elphin, County Roscommon. |
8,000 |
Extension to building to provide physiotherapy, chiropody etc. |
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14. County Tipperary |
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Newport Social Services Council, Newport Day Care Centre, Newport, County Tipperary. |
25,000 |
Towards cost of purchasing a minibus with space for four wheelchairs. |
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Templemore Community Social Services, County Tipperary. |
16,300 |
Towards cost of purchasing a minibus for transport of elderly and disabled. |
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Tipperary Talking Newspaper, Thurles, County Tipperary. |
4,000 |
Recording and copying equipment. |
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15. County Waterford |
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Sisters of Bon Sauveur, Carriglea, Dungarvan, County Waterford. |
10,000 |
Towards cost of renovating a sheltered workshop. |
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Tramore Development Group, Roselawn, Tramore, County Waterford. |
2,000 |
Garden for blind and disabled at Tramore House. |
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16. County Wexford |
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New Ross Community Hospital, County Wexford. |
35,000 |
Towards cost of services. |
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Wexford Deaf Association. |
35,000 |
Towards purchase of premises for use as a club, information centre and demonstration unit by and for deaf people and carers. |
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Windmill Therapeutic Training Unit, Wexford. |
30,000 |
Towards cost of building and equipping the unit. |
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17. County Wicklow |
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Bray Mental Health Association. |
2,000 |
Purchase of televisions, videos and tapes for four hostels and day care centres for former psychiatric patients. |
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Total |
1,378,500 |
