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Writer's picturePippa Hackett

€81M Allocated to Voluntary and Community organisations


  • 1,450 organisations to receive one-off payment

  • Minimum payment of €1,000*

  • HSE to make payments in coming weeks


The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly; Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Anne Rabbitte; Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, and Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton announced today the allocation of €81m from the Government’s ‘Inflation Fund’.


Voluntary and Community organisations are working on the ground to help people of Laois and Offaly live fulfilled and supported lives. They are under pressure from escalating costs and I am delighted that this Government is providing one off funding in recognition of this. Organisations across Laois and Offaly, provide services like meals on wheels, social inclusion and much more, will benefit.


Community-based and voluntary health and social care providers are being allocated the funding on a once-off basis as part of Government measures to ease cost-of-living pressures. The minimum payment is €1,000 and in many cases a larger amount is allocated, depending on the organisation, and I believe this is a welcome help towards increased costs.


Laois €593,014:

  • Clonaslee Social Services €1,000

  • Co. Roscommon Supported Employment Service Company LTD €250

  • County Roscommon Disability Support Group Company LTD €250

  • Delta Centre Company Limited by Guarantee €343

  • Dignity 4 Patients Company Limited by Guarantee €1,013

  • Doonane / Mayo Ladies Club €500

  • Durrow Meals on Wheels €1,000

  • Emo / Rath Senior Citizens €1,000

  • Enable Ireland Disability Services €1,000

  • Exchange House Ireland National Travellers Service €1,000

  • Extern Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee €2,475

  • Fainleog Teoranta €1,218

  • Family Carers Ireland €6,589

  • Galway Centre for Independent Living Company Limited by Guarantee €475

  • Grow In Ireland €977

  • Irish Advocacy Network Company Limited by Guarantee €207

  • Irish Cancer Society €500

  • Irish Wheelchair Association Company Limited by Guarantee €8,085

  • KARE, Promoting Inclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities €510

  • Killenard Active Retirement Group €1,000

  • La Leche League €1,000

  • Laois Partnership Company €1,000

  • Laois Sports Partnership €1,000

  • Laois Traveller Action Group €9,462

  • Little Sisters of the Poor €250

  • Longford Community Resources Company Limited by Guarantee €6,860

  • Marymount University Hospital & Hospice €250

  • Merchants Quay Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee €2,837

  • Midlands Living Links €250

  • Mountrath Social Services €1,000

  • Muiriosa Foundation €396,632

  • Nova Helpline €3,754

  • Offaly Centre for Independent Living Company Limited by Guarantee €1,022

  • Offaly Traveller Movement €9,746

  • One in Four (Ireland) Company Limited by Guarantee €5,447

  • Pavee Point Travellers Centre €250

  • Peter Bradley Foundation Company Limited by Guarantee €1,416

  • KARE, Promoting Inclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities €510

  • Killenard Active Retirement Group €1,000

  • La Leche League €1,000

  • Laois Partnership Company €1,000

  • Laois Sports Partnership €1,000

  • Laois Traveller Action Group €9,462

  • Little Sisters of the Poor €250

  • Longford Community Resources Company Limited by Guarantee €6,860

  • Marymount University Hospital & Hospice €250

  • Merchants Quay Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee €2,837

  • Midlands Living Links €250

  • Mountrath Social Services €1,000

  • Muiriosa Foundation €396,632

  • Nova Helpline €3,754

  • Offaly Centre for Independent Living Company Limited by Guarantee €1,022

  • Offaly Traveller Movement €9,746

  • One in Four (Ireland) Company Limited by Guarantee €5,447

  • Pavee Point Travellers Centre €250

  • Peter Bradley Foundation Company Limited by Guarantee €1,416

  • Simplicitas Limited €14,213

  • St. Brigid's Active Retirement Group €500

  • St. Brigid's Social Club €500

  • St. Christopher's Services Company Limited by Guarantee €1,455

  • St. Cronans Association Company Limited by Guarantee €56

  • St. Hilda's Services €1,610

  • St. Vincent De Paul - Council of Ireland €2,388

  • Stradbally Social Services €1,000

  • The Alzheimer Society of Ireland €5,502

  • The Cuisle Cancer Support Centre €1,000

  • The Rushes Community Centre €500

  • Tipperary Centre for Independent Living Company Limited by Guarantee €788

  • Trinity Community Care Company Limited by Guarantee €250

  • Vicarstown Recreational Group €1,000

  • West of Ireland Alzheimer Foundation €250

  • Westmeath Community Development €6,344

  • Wicklow Community Services Company Limited by Guarantee €250

  • Youth Work Ireland €2,893


Offaly €1,296,638:

  • (Daughters of Charity) Avista Company Limited By Guarantee €69,669

  • Accessible Counselling Tullamore €1,000

  • Aiseanna Tacaiochta Cuideachta Faoi Theorainn Rathaiochta €3,574

  • An Saol Foundation Company Limited by Guarantee €500

  • Anam Beo Teoranta €500

  • Arden View Active Age Group €1,000

  • AWARE €167

  • Ballyboy High Mileage Club €1,000

  • Ballycommon Tele Work and Training Centre Company €1,000

  • Ballykilmurray Active Retirement Group €1,000

  • Banagher Active Retirement Association €1,000

  • Banagher Social Services €1,000

  • Barna Active Retirement Association €500

  • BLC Development CLG €933

  • Bloomfield Care Centre Company Limited by Guarantee €12,951

  • Bracknagh Community Association €1,000

  • Brainwave-The Irish Epilepsy Association €1,000

  • Brosna Project & Sunshine Club €250

  • Camphill Communities of Ireland €4,683

  • Care Alliance Ireland €660

  • Catherine McAuley House €311

  • Childvision Company Limited by Guarantee €896

  • Christine Buckley Centre for Education and Support limited by Guarantee €2,082

  • Clara Active Retirement Group €1,000

  • Clara Community And Family Resource Centre Company LTD €1,000

  • Clarecare Company Limited by Guarantee €578

  • Clodagh Active Retirement Association €500

  • Cloghan Active Retirement Group €1,000

  • Clonbullogue Active Retirement Group €1,000

  • Clonbullogue Senior Citizens Group €1,000

  • Cloneygowan Active Retirement Group €1,000

  • Co. Roscommon Supported Employment Service Company LTD €250

  • Coolderry Community Hall Committee €1,000

  • County Roscommon Disability Support Group Company €250

  • Croghan Hill Active Retirement Association €1,000

  • Delta Centre Company Limited by Guarantee €21,075

  • Dignity 4 Patients Company Limited by Guarantee €913

  • Doon / Ballinahown Afternoon Social Club €1,000

  • Doonane / Mayo Ladies Club €500

  • Edenderry Social Services Council €1,000

  • Eglish & Rath Community Centre Limited €1,000

  • Enable Ireland Disability Services €1,000

  • Extern Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee €7,044

  • Fainleog Teoranta €1,098

  • Family Carers Ireland €4,590

  • Ferbane Active Retirement Association €1,000

  • Galway Centre for Independent Living Company Limited by Guarantee €1,428

  • Geashill / Ballinagar Senior Citizens Group €1,000

  • Grow In Ireland €881

  • Irish Advocacy Network Company Limited by Guarantee €186

  • Irish Cancer Society €500

  • Irish Osteoporosis Society €1,000

  • Irish Wheelchair Association Company Limited by Guarantee €83,983

  • Jack and Jill Foundation Company Limited by Guarantee €1,000

  • KARE, Promoting Inclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities €11,778

  • Kilclonfert Senior Group €1,000

  • Kilcormac Meals on Wheels €1,000

  • Kilcormac Social Services €1,000

  • Killeigh Senior Citizens €1,000

  • Killoughey Community Centre €1,000

  • Kinnitty Social Services €1,000

  • Little Sisters of the Poor €250

  • Marymount University Hospital & Hospice €250

  • Merchants Quay Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee €2,559

  • Midlands Living Links €250

  • Moneygall / Dunkerrin / Barna Social Services €1,000

  • Mountbolus Social Services €1,000

  • Mucklagh Community €1,000

  • Muiriosa Foundation €585,851

  • Muscular Dystrophy Ireland CLG €1,842

  • National Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Ireland €1,128

  • NCBI Services €12,650

  • North Offaly Community Development Network €1,000

  • Nova Helpline €3,385

  • Offaly Centre for Independent Living Company Limited by Guarantee €60,607

  • Offaly Integrated Local Development Company Limited By Guarantee €7,245

  • Offaly Sports partnership €1,000

  • Offaly Traveller Movement €5,505

  • One in Four (Ireland) Company Limited by Guarantee €4,913

  • Pavee Point Travellers Centre €250

  • Peter Bradley Foundation Company Limited by Guarantee €46,218

  • Portarlington Social Services €250

  • Positive Futures: Achieving Dreams. Transforming Lives Company LTD €76

  • Post Polio Support Group €500

  • Praxis Care (Republic of Ireland) €23

  • Pullough Active Retirement & Social Care Group €1,000

  • Pullough Community Action Group €2,000

  • Rahan Social Services €1,000

  • Reach Deaf Services €5,999

  • READY €500

  • Rehab Group (Community Support - Care) €185,781

  • Rehab Group (Learning NLN) €12,832

  • Rhode & Croghan Senior Citizens €1,000

  • Right of Place / Second Chance €1,463

  • Roscommon Home Services Co-operative Society Limited €250

  • Saint John of God Hospital Company Limited By Guarantee €2,267

  • Seir Kieran Active Retirement Association €1,000

  • Shannonbridge Active Retirement Association €1,000

  • Shannonbridge Community Services €1,000

  • SHINE €608

  • Shinrone Development Designated Activity Company €1,000

  • Shinrone Social Services Council €1,000

  • Simon Community (Midlands) Company Limited by Guarantee €1,101

  • Simplicitas Limited €12,819

  • St. Brigid's Active Retirement Group €500

  • St. Brigid's Social Club €500

  • St. Christopher's Services Company Limited by Guarantee €1,313

  • St. Cronans Association Company Limited by Guarantee €17,400

  • St. Hilda's Services €1,452

  • St. Vincent De Paul - Council of Ireland €2,154

  • The Alzheimer Society of Ireland €13,686

  • The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland €3,090

  • The National Association for the Deaf €10,621

  • The Rushes Community Centre €500

  • Tipperary Centre for Independent Living Company Limited by Guarantee €710

  • Trinity Community Care Company Limited by Guarantee €250

  • Tubber Active Retirement €1,000

  • Tullamore Active Retirement Association €1,000

  • Tullamore Community and Family Resource Centre Limited €1,000

  • Tullamore Housing Association Company Limited by Guarantee €1,000

  • Tullamore ICA €1,000

  • Tullamore Meals on Wheels €1,000

  • Tullamore Men's Shed €1,000

  • West of Ireland Alzheimer Foundation €250

  • Wicklow Community Services Company Limited by Guarantee €250

  • Youth Work Ireland €356

The Offaly Traveller Movement were among those awarded under the fund

At Budget 2023, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform announced funding to assist various sectors with costs related to energy inflation, including €100 million targeted at “a range of Health funded bodies including nursing homes, hospices and Section 39 organisations”.

Ballycommon Telework & Training Center also received funding


€10 million of this funding was already allocated to fund the Temporary Inflation Payment Scheme for private and voluntary nursing homes. Under this scheme, nursing homes can claim up to €5,250 per month to cover up to 75% of their energy costs from July to December 2022.


*Note

The minimum payment to any organisation is €1,000 even if their core funding is less than that. In a few instances on the county lists the total is less than the 1,000 because the organisation works in more than one county and the amount in a county may not be the total for the organisation.


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