43. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if funding can be made available to a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8561/16]

The National Office for Suicide Prevention does not provide financial support from a national perspective to SOSAD but funding has been allocated by the resource Officer for Dublin North East (covering counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath) who is employed within the Health Promotion and Improvement Department of the HSE. This funding was made available through the Community Resilience Fund- a fund allocated through NOSP to support local Resource Officers with their suicide prevention efforts on a local level.

The most recent figures in relation to the amount of funding allocated through this fund by the Resource Officer for the Dublin North East was as follows:

- 1 October 2013 to 1 October 2014 €20,000.00;

- 1 October 2014 to 1 October 2015 €25,000.00;

- Final Quarter 2015 September to December €6,250.00.