Written Answers. - National Lottery Funding.

Wednesday, 16 October 1991

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 411 No. 1

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  291.  Miss Flaherty  Information on Mary Flaherty  Zoom on Mary Flaherty   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available through his Department in Dublin city.

  298.  Mr. Cotter  Information on William Cotter  Zoom on William Cotter   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Monaghan through his Department in 1991.

  299.  Mr. Crowley  Information on Frank Crowley  Zoom on Frank Crowley   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available to date in the Cork North-West constituency.

  300.  Mr. G. Reynolds  Information on Gerry Reynolds  Zoom on Gerry Reynolds   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Leitrim through his Department.

  302.  Mr. McCormack  Information on Pádraic McCormack  Zoom on Pádraic McCormack   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Galway by his Department.

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  303.  Mr. Currie  Information on Austin Currie  Zoom on Austin Currie   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in the Dublin West constituency by his Department.

  305.  Mr. Noonan (Limerick East)  Information on Michael Noonan  Zoom on Michael Noonan   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in the Limerick East constituency by his Department.

  306.  Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny)  Information on John Browne  Zoom on John Browne   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Carlow by his Department.

  307.  Mr. Dukes  Information on Alan M. Dukes  Zoom on Alan M. Dukes   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available by his Department in County Kildare for each of the years between 1987 and 1991.

  308.  Mr. S. Barrett  Information on Seán Barrett  Zoom on Seán Barrett   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available by his Department to the Dún Laoghaire constituency in the current year and in each previous year.

  309.  Mrs. T. Ahearn  Information on Theresa Ahearn  Zoom on Theresa Ahearn   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available by his Department in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

  310.  Mrs. Owen  Information on Nora Owen  Zoom on Nora Owen   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in the Dublin North constituency by his Department; and, if the funding was made to a specific group, if he will outline the number of groups who were unable to avail of the grants, giving full details in each case.

  311.  Mr. Deenihan  Information on Jimmy Deenihan  Zoom on Jimmy Deenihan   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in the Kerry North constituency and Kerry South constituency, respectively, by his Department.

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  312.  Mr. Creed  Information on Michael Creed  Zoom on Michael Creed   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available to each of the Cork constituencies by his Department.

  313.  Mr. Connaughton  Information on Paul Connaughton  Zoom on Paul Connaughton   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Galway by his Department.

  315.  Mr. J. O'Keeffe  Information on Jim O'Keeffe  Zoom on Jim O'Keeffe   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in Cork South-West by his Department.

  316.  Mr. Yates  Information on Ivan Yates  Zoom on Ivan Yates   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Wexford by his Department.

  317.  Mr. Flanagan  Information on Charles Flanagan  Zoom on Charles Flanagan   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available (a) in County Laois and (b) in County Offaly by his Department.

  342.  Mr. Shatter  Information on Alan Shatter  Zoom on Alan Shatter   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in the Dublin South constituency area; and if he will give details of the groups, organisations and projects to whom funds have been allocated and the amount involved.

  343.  Mrs. Fennell  Information on Nuala Fennell  Zoom on Nuala Fennell   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in the Dublin South constituency by his Department.

  344.  Mr. G. Mitchell  Information on Gay Mitchell  Zoom on Gay Mitchell   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in the Dublin South-Central for (a) the year ended 31 December 1990 and (b) to date in 1991; and if he will give details regarding each recipient.

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  345.  Mr. Allen  Information on Bernard Allen  Zoom on Bernard Allen   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in Cork city by his Department in (i) 1991 and (ii) each previous year.

  349.  Mr. R. Bruton  Information on Richard Bruton  Zoom on Richard Bruton   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in the Dublin North-Central constituency in (1) the current year and (2) each previous year.

  350.  Mr. Timmins  Information on Godfrey Timmins  Zoom on Godfrey Timmins   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Wicklow by his Department in (1) 1991 and (2) each previous year.

  351.  Mr. Doyle  Information on Joseph Doyle  Zoom on Joseph Doyle   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available by his Department in the constituency of Dublin South-East in (1) 1991 and (2) each previous year.

  352.  Mr. Sheehan  Information on P. J. Sheehan  Zoom on P. J. Sheehan   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available by his Department in County Cork.

  354.  Mr. Farrelly  Information on John V. Farrelly  Zoom on John V. Farrelly   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Meath by his Department; the names of the successful applicants; the amounts granted in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

  356.  Mr. Barry  Information on Peter Barry  Zoom on Peter Barry   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Cork by his Department in (a) 1991 and (b) each previous year.

  358.  Mr. Carey  Information on Donal Carey  Zoom on Donal Carey   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Clare in each year from 1987 to date.

  368.  Mr. Hogan  Information on Philip Hogan  Zoom on Philip Hogan   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Kilkenny.

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  369.  Mr. McGrath  Information on Paul McGrath  Zoom on Paul McGrath   asked the Minister for Social Welfare  Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods   the total amount of national lottery funds made available in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for Social Welfare (Dr. Woods): Information on Michael J. Woods  Zoom on Michael J. Woods  It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 291, 298 to 300, 302, 303, 305 to 313, 315 to 317, 342 to 345, 349 to 352, 354, 356, 358, 368 and 369 together.

The amounts allocated by the Government to my Department from national lottery funding in 1991 are as follows: £750,000 for the scheme of grants to voluntary organisations in the social services area; £750,000 for community development projects; £500,000 for the scheme of grants for locally based women's groups; and a special allocation of £100,000 for co-operative housing projects for homeless, single parents and the disabled.

Allocations are not made on a county or constituency basis. They depend on the number and nature of the applications received, with priority for areas of greatest disadvantage. Allocations are made following consultation with the relevant health boards where appropriate, and discussions with the voluntary and community based groups involved.

Details of grants approved in the various health board areas are as follows:

Eastern Health Board — £1,144,399: 70 under the scheme of grants to voluntary bodies (£340,119)*; 169 under the scheme of grants for locally based women's groups (£303,280)*; 11 under the community development projects (£431,500); 3 under the co-operative housing scheme (£70,000).

* Includes grants to a number of national organisations.

Mid-Western Health Board — £61,180: 7 under the scheme of grants to voluntary bodies (£34,180); 16 under the scheme of grants for locally based women's groups (£27,000); 1 community development project — see Note A.

Midland Health Board — £27,450: 7 [239] under the scheme of grants to voluntary bodies (£16,250); 11 under the scheme of grants for locally-based women's groups (£11,200).

North-Eastern Health Board — £84,555: 11 under the scheme of grants to voluntary bodies (£58,855); 17 under the scheme of grants for locally based women's groups (£25,700).

North-Western Health Board — £120,000. 9 under the scheme of grants to voluntary bodies (£30,000); 39 under the scheme of grants for locally based women's groups (£32,450); 1 under the community development projects (£50,000); 1 under the co-operative housing scheme (£7,000).

South-Eastern Health Board — £146,100. 12 under the scheme of grants to voluntary bodies (£52,650); 21 under the scheme of grants for locally based women's groups (£16,450); 3 under the community development projects (£77,000).

Southern Health Board — £274,150. 24 under the scheme of grants to voluntary bodies (£100,900); 31 under the scheme of grants for locally based women's groups (£31,750); 4 under the community development projects (£126,500); 1 under the co-operative housing scheme (£15,000).

Western Health Board — £191,370. 9 under the scheme of grants to voluntary bodies (£67,000); 41 under the scheme of grants for locally based women's groups (£51,370); 2 under the community development projects (£65,000); 1 community development project — see Note B; 1 under the co-operative housing scheme (£8,000).

Fewer applications were received from the Midland Health Board area than from other health board areas. This issue is currently being examined within my Department with a view to increasing the number of applications made in the future by voluntary and community based groups in this region.

[240]Note A

In addition to the grants referred to above, a major project is being co-funded by the Exchequer and the European Commission for a full year period under the Third EC Poverty Programme. The Paul project which is located in the Mid-Western Health Board area, receives overall funding of about £350,000 per year.

Note B

In addition to the grants referred to above, a major project is being co-funded by the Exchequer and the European Commission for a full year period under the Third EC Poverty Programme. The forum project, which is located in the Western Health Board area, receives overall funding of about £420,000 per year.

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