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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 July 2009

Tuesday, 7 July 2009

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P. J. Sheehan

Ceist:

421 Deputy P. J. Sheehan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 28 April 2009, and 167 of 30 June 2009, the number of applications received by Pobail for funding under the suicide prevention measure; the groups who applied for same; the amount sought by each group; the amount sought in total by these groups; the average sought by each of these groups; the date by which these applications had to be submitted to Pobail; the date that Pobail had completed their assessments of these applications; the date he received these assessments from Pobail; the dates of each meeting that the Economic and Social Disadvantage Inter-Departmental Committee has met since August 2008; the dates of each meeting of the Economic and Social Disadvantage Inter-Departmental Committee at which the funding under the suicide prevention measure was an item on the agenda for that meeting; the date of the next meeting of the Economic and Social Disadvantage Inter-Departmental Committee; the dates of meetings arranged for the remainder of 2009 of the Economic and Social Disadvantage Inter-Departmental Committee; the date he expects to have completed the assessments made by Pobail of the applications received regarding suicide prevention; the date she expects to present the completed assessment to the Economic and Social Disadvantage Inter-Departmental Committee; if he will confirm that €1 million is available and will be given to these groups for funding to these applicants; when he expects to issue this funding; the activity that took place on assessing these applications between 28 April 2009 and 30 June 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27806/09]

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Freagraí scríofa

The Government allocated €1 million from the Dormant Accounts Fund for a Suicide Prevention Measure in 2008. The Department of Health and Children is the lead Department for the roll-out of this measure and have engaged Pobal to manage the application and assessment process on their behalf. As the lead department for this measure, the Department of Health and Children, will address the information sought in respect of the application process.

Assessment reports in respect of the measure were sent to the Economic and Social Disadvantage Interdepartmental Committee, which I chair, in mid-December 2008. The Committee has yet to receive a final position on these applications from the Department of Health and Children.

The Economic and Social Disadvantage Interdepartmental Committee has met on three occasions since mid-2008 — 18 June 2008, 9 October 2008 and 26 March 2009. The Suicide Prevention measure was discussed at the meeting on 26 March 2009.

Meetings of the Interdepartmental Committees are scheduled as required and do not have a fixed timetable. I expect the next meeting of the Economic and Social Disadvantage Interdepartmental Committee to be in September unless otherwise requested.

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