I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 379 together.
The Irish Aid programme, administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs, provides significant funding annually — over €100m in 2007 — to Irish non-governmental organisations to assist them in carrying out their development work. Such funding may include provision for healthcare costs for volunteer development workers arising from their travel. Any Irish registered charity or non-governmental organisation may apply for project funding under two schemes administered by Irish Aid, namely, the Civil Society Fund and the Micro Projects Scheme.
The project funding available under both of these schemes can support reasonable health costs associated with volunteers' development work. This support is normally requested as an integral part of the personnel costs associated with the implementation of a particular project. I have arranged for details of the relevant Civil Society funding schemes to be forwarded to the Deputy.