346 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of State funding allocated to each of the following organisations, the Irish Patients Association, Patient Focus and Patients Together in each of the years 2000 to 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48261/10]

The following table sets out the funding that was allocated to the Irish Patients' Association between 2000 and 2009. No funding was allocated to Patient Focus or Patients Together during this period. I have also asked the HSE to reply to you directly in respect of any funding it may have made to the respective organisations.