Waterford receives funding boost to help community and voluntary organisations

Fianna Fáil TD, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, has welcomed additional funding of €330,000 for drugs and inclusion health services in counties Kilkenny, Carlow, South Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford.

On Thursday, Drugs Strategy Minister, Hildegarde Naughton, announced a total of €3.5 million in annual funding to maintain the existing level of drugs and inclusion health services provided by community and voluntary organisations.

The funding will be distributed by community healthcare organisations (CHOs), based on guidance issued by the Department of Health and it is envisaged that it will be distributed in the third quarter of this year.