77 Mrs. Barnes asked the Minister for Health and Children when he intends to adequately fund women's organisations which provide health, counselling and support services (details supplied). [30927/01]

Framing the Future, the recently published report of the National Women's Council of Ireland and to which the Deputy refers, notes that the women's community and voluntary sector accounts for 2,631 groups and organisations and caters for about 75,000 women annually. These groups range from small locally based women's groups to larger service providing organisations, for example refuges and rape crisis centres.