Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 9 Mar 1999

Vol. 501 No. 6

Written Answers. - Hospice Funding.

John Perry

Ceist:

224 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Health and Children if he make a statement outlining all grant payments paid to hospices in 1998; and if these were paid through health boards, his Department or from the national lottery surplus. [6693/99]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Cowen)

The health boards have indicated that they made the following payments to hospices in 1998.

Hospice	Funding£
St. Francis Hospice, Raheny	2,030,000
West Wicklow Day Care Centre	8,000
Laois Hospice Movement	15,000
Offaly Hospice Movement	18,387
Westmeath Hospice Movement	45,000
Longford Hospice Movement	10,000
Milford Hospice	1,596,100
Cahercalla Community Hospital Ltd.	30,000
North-West Hospice	902,000
South-Eastern Health Board Home Care Teams	21,150
*St. Patrick's Hospital	2,488,412
Galway Hospice	885,000
Mayo/Roscommon Hospice	45,000
Total	8,094,049

*This sum refers to funding for St. Patrick's Hospital, incorporating Marymount Hospice

The total funding provided by health boards as outlined above includes base allocations and additional funding provided in 1998 by my Department, together with grants payable under the national cancer strategy, where applicable, and national lottery grants paid by the health boards.

Payments made directly by my Department are as follows:

	£
Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross	7.732 million
Milford Hospice, Limerick (Capital Grant)	1.405 million
Irish Hospice Foundation	100,000
Total	9,237,000

Applications for departmental national lottery grants far exceed resources and it was not possible, therefore, to further assist any hospice during 1998.