173 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 13 and 40 of 27 May 2010, the reason any outstanding applications, made under the former special housing aid for the elderly scheme in counties Laois and Offaly were not completed under the funding allocation of €0.5 million from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in July 2009; the reasons there are outstanding applications under this scheme waiting to be processed and the reason her Department did not apply for additional funding to complete these outstanding applications; if she will provide a breakdown of the proportion of this €0.5 million allocation spent in counties Laois and Offaly; if her Department spent any of this €0.5 million allocation on other schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29277/10]

As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.