Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

The dormant account situation is unusual. Any Department that gets an offer of some millions of euro for any of its projects is happy to receive and allocate that money, which is what we did in this case. We allocated it on the basis of the area needing it at the time. A significant proportion of our investment in sport is targeted at disadvantage. Having spent a few years at the Department of Social and Family Affairs, I intend to increase the emphasis on disadvantage.

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