593 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by an organisation (details supplied) Dublin 15, supporting newborn babies and young children and that the people using the service are predominantly immigrants who value the service as a means of connecting with the local community; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the service may have to close or severely curtail its services due to a shortfall in funding of €40,000 in 2008 and that the service started as a RAPID initiative with support from his Department and other agencies before being selected for transfer to the Health Service Executive which is initiating cutbacks; his views on whether such initiatives are valuable for supporting the integration of immigrants into Irish communities and for facilitating their access to community services; if he will facilitate a roundtable conference of all the relevant stakeholders, including himself, the HSE, RAPID, the Department for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the organisation and the Minister of State with special responsibility for integration to secure the funding required to allow the project to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11221/08]

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593 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by an organisation (details supplied) Dublin 15, supporting newborn babies and young children and that the people using the service are predominantly immigrants who value the service as a means of connecting with the local community; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the service may have to close or severely curtail its services due to a shortfall in funding of €40,000 in 2008 and that the service started as a RAPID initiative with support from his Department and other agencies before being selected for transfer to the Health Service Executive which is initiating cutbacks; his views on whether such initiatives are valuable for supporting the integration of immigrants into Irish communities and for facilitating their access to community services; if he will facilitate a roundtable conference of all the relevant stakeholders, including himself, the HSE, RAPID, the Department for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the organisation and the Minister of State with special responsibility for integration to secure the funding required to allow the project to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11221/08]

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