Vol. 466 No. 5
75 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Health the amount of money allocated to each health board in respect of the Respite Care Fund; the criteria used in allocating grants from this fund; the recipients and amount of the grants paid to each health board; the amount allocated in respect of in-home respite care; and the amount allocated to hospital respite care. [11838/96]
77 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that respite care grants are only available for pilot schemes; and the plans, if any, he has to extend such grants to permanent services. [11840/96]
Limerick East): The Respite Care Fund was transferred to my Department from the Department of Social Welfare in 1995. The scheme is administered by the health boards as an extension of the national lottery grant scheme for voluntary bodies operated by the boards. The allocation of this funding is subject to the following criteria: that grants are allocated to community-based projects under the headings mental handicap services, physical disability services, psychiatric services, child care services, women's refuges, personal social services; that at least 80 per cent of the block grant should be allocated to local voluntary groups; that grants from the block allocation should not be used in substitution for core funding; and that particular care be taken to ensure that grants are made available only to viable schemes which will be completed within a reasonable period and, in determining priority of schemes, an assessment should be made of any ongoing revenue implications. Priority should be given to once-off projects which would have no ongoing revenue implications for health boards.
The respite care grants are not restricted to pilot projects. The funding allocated to each organisation is used to provide a wide range of respite care including break-away weeks, home care and care in institutions.
|
Organisation |
Amount of Grant |
|
£ |
|
|
Ardeen Cheshire Home |
5,000 |
|
CASA |
10,000 |
|
Cara Cheshire Home |
5,000 |
|
Carers Association |
10,000 |
|
Cerebral Palsy Ireland |
20,000 |
|
Cheeverstown House Limited |
10,000 |
|
Crosscare |
15,000 |
|
Cystic Fibrosis Association |
2,000 |
|
Focus Housing Association |
2,000 |
|
Friedreich's Ataxia Society |
12,000 |
|
IASBH (Irish Association for Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus, Kildare) |
4,000 |
|
IASBH (Nangor Road, Dublin) |
5,000 |
|
IMNDA (Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association) |
5,000 |
|
IWA (Irish Wheelchair Association) |
15,000 |
|
Kilbarrack Home Help |
3,000 |
|
MDI (Muscular Dystrophy Ireland) |
15,000 |
|
MS Care Foundation |
7,000 |
|
National Council for the Blind |
5,000 |
|
National Federation for Arch Club |
2,500 |
|
Portmarnock Integrated Arch Clubs |
500 |
|
Richmond Cheshire House |
5,000 |
|
Ronanstown Arch Alive Club |
1,000 |
|
Schizophrenia Association of Ireland |
900 |
|
St. John of God |
5,000 |
|
St. John of God Service, Dún Laoghaire |
3,000 |
|
St. John of God Service, Kildare |
8,000 |
|
St. Joseph's School for the Visually Impaired |
2,000 |
|
Tallaght Arch Club |
5,000 |
|
Organisation |
Amount of Grant |
|
£ |
|
|
ARCH, Portlaoise |
1,000 |
|
Carers Association, Laois |
12,000 |
|
National Council for the Blind |
1,000 |
|
Alzheimer's Association, Longford |
5,000 |
|
National Council for the Blind Westmeath |
1,000 |
|
St. Hilda's, Athlone |
10,000 |
|
Organisation |
Amount of Grant |
|
£ |
|
|
Cerebral Palsy Clare Branch |
5,000 |
|
Irish Wheelchair Association (Clare) |
12,000 |
|
National Council for the Blind |
6,000 |
|
St. Munchin's Action Centre |
2,000 |
|
Nenagh Day Care Centre |
20,000 |
|
Organisation |
Amount of Grant |
|
£ |
|
|
Navan Arch Club |
1,000 |
|
Dundalk Parents & Friends of Mentally Handicapped |
3,000 |
|
Multiple Sclerosis of Ireland (National Branch) |
2,500 |
|
Irish Wheelchair Association (National Branch) |
15,000 |
|
Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland (National Branch) |
3,000 |
|
National Council for the Blind (National Branch) |
6,000 |
|
Soroptomists International (Drogheda Branch) |
500 |
|
Organisation |
Amount of Grant |
|
£ |
|
|
Soroptomist International of Ireland |
2,000 |
|
Donegal Carers Association |
500 |
|
Donegal Cheshire Committee |
10,000 |
|
Alzheimers Society of Ireland (Donegal Branch) |
1,000 |
|
North-West Hospice (Sligo) |
20,000 |
|
Donegal Hospice |
20,000 |
|
Organisation |
Amount of Grant |
|
£ |
|
|
National Council for the Blind |
4,500 |
|
Irish Wheelchair Association |
6,500 |
|
National Council for the Blind |
4,000 |
|
Clonmel Soroptomists |
1,500 |
|
Clonmel and District Wheelchair Society |
1,000 |
|
C.A.S.A., Cashel |
2,000 |
|
National Council for the Blind |
4,000 |
|
Carers Association |
10,000 |
|
St. Brigid's Family Community Centre |
2,000 |
|
Irish Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus |
4,500 |
|
National Council for the Blind |
4,500 |
|
Wexford Irish Wheelchair Sports Club |
1,000 |
|
County Wexford Respite Care Groups |
2,500 |
|
Cystic Fibrosis Association |
2,000 |
|
Organisation |
Amount of Grant |
|
£ |
|
|
Soroptomists International |
5,000 |
|
Bantry and District Association |
6,500 |
|
St. Mary of the Angels, Beaufort |
10,000 |
|
Charleville and District Association |
8,000 |
|
Kerry Parents and Friends of the Mentally Handicapped |
10,000 |
|
COPE Foundation |
12,500 |
|
St. John of God |
5,000 |
|
Brothers of Charity |
14,500 |
|
Charleville Community Care Service |
2,500 |
|
Friends of Killeen Workshop |
1,000 |
|
Organisation |
Amount of Grant |
|
£ |
|
|
Irish Wheelchair Association, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon |
16,000 |
|
Galway Association for Mentally Handicapped Children Ltd. |
10,000 |
|
Midland Housing Association, Roscommon |
6,400 |
|
Cuan Mhuire Rehabilitation |
5,000 |
|
Western Care Association |
5,000 |
|
Western Alzheimer Foundation, Mayo |
4,000 |
|
National Council for the Blind, Mayo |
3,600 |
