€2.1m allocated to Kildare community and voluntary groups to assist with inflation costs

€2.1m has been allocated to a variety of Kildare community and voluntary groups to assist with rising inflation costs. The funding was announced by the Department of Health on a once off basis as part of Government measures to ease cost of living pressures for voluntarily health and social care providers.

Kildare groups to benefit from todays announcement include KARE €937,635, The Muiriosa Foundation in Monasterevin €707,000, and the Camphill Community €172,098.  It also includes smaller groups such as Allenwood, Monasterevin and St Conleths Day Care Centres.

Kildare South Fine Gael TD and Minister Martin Heydon said of the news, “The current climate of rising costs is difficult for all organisations and this funding is focused on those organisations who provide services to those in our communities who are in most need of assistance.  The groups included in today’s announcement range from local community groups to major national service providers.

“This funding was confirmed as part of the last Budget in recognition of the impact of rising costs on community and voluntary groups.  The amounts announced today will be paid by the HSE in the coming weeks and will be a major boost to these organisations who carry out such important work in our communities, providing frontline services to the most vulnerable in our society."

Some of other beneficiaries of the funding will be Barretstown, the Jack and Jilly Foundation, Family Carers Ireland and many more.

Minister Heydon added, “Many of these service providers have faced serious pressures in light of high inflation in 2022. I hope that this additional once-off funding will go some way towards recognising those costs.