Hansard - ACT Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 5 (Hansard) 16 May) . . Page.. 1428 ..

MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No. 201

Health Grants

Mr Berry - asked the Minister for Health and Community Care upon notice on 16 April 1996.

In relation to Health Grants -

(1) How much money was allocated to Health Grants in (a) 1994-95 and (b) 1995-96.

(2) Which groups (a) received the funding in each of those years; and (b) how much did they receive.

Mrs Carnell - the answer to the Member's question is:

HEALTH GRANTS

CLIENT 1994/95 1995/96
$ $

Abortion Counselling Service 32 000 13 667

ACT Cancer Society Inc 43 000 43 000 and 12 500

ACT Hepatitis C Support Group N/A 5 000

ACT Hospice Palliative Care 43 000 30 000
Society Inc.

The ACT ME/CFS Society N/A 5 000

Arthritis Foundation (ACT) 15 000 35 219

Australian Cardiacs Association 6 000 6 000

Canberra and Queanbeyan 2 000 5 000
Attention Deficit Disorder Support
Group

Canberra Women's Health Centre 17 500 20 000

Childbirth Education Association 2 000 N/A

Diabetes Association of the ACT 92 000 80 000
Inc

Epilepsy Association (ACT) Inc N/A 24 820

EXPAND Inc (See Self Help for N/A 2 000
PND)

Family Planning Association ACT 100 000 114 825
Inc

GROW ACT 9 500 Plus 13 500
Commonwealth Plus Commonwealth
funding 1 508 funding 2 263