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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2015-09-22" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Community Support Programs</name>
      <text id="201509225045b91e95094e41b0000981">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Community Support Programs</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="1807" kind="question">
        <name>Dr McFETRIDGE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2015-07-30" qonNum="33">
            <name>Community Support Programs</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201509225045b91e95094e41b0000982">
          <inserted>33 <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett)</by> (30 July 2015).  How much funding has been provided for the SA Spectacles Scheme; Funeral Assistance Program, Personal Alert Rebate Scheme and the Companion Card Program for the 2015-16 financial year?</inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4623" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Ramsay</electorate>
        <portfolios>
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            <name>Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Social Housing</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Multicultural Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Ageing</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Youth</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Volunteers</name>
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          <question date="2015-07-30" qonNum="33">
            <name>Community Support Programs</name>
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        <text id="201509225045b91e95094e41b0000983">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4623">The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The funding provided for the 2015-16 financial year for these schemes is as follows:</inserted>
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            <inserted>$957,603 for the South Australian Spectacles Scheme;</inserted>
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            <inserted>$1.16m for the Funeral Assistance Program;</inserted>
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        <text id="201509225045b91e95094e41b0000987">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$3.02m for the Personal Alert Systems Rebate Scheme; and</inserted>
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        <text id="201509225045b91e95094e41b0000988">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$92,557 for the Companion Card Program.</inserted>
          </item>
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      </talker>
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