Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for grant aid received in his Department from County Kildare; the number in respect of which he has offered assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16842/05]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question Nos. 116 and 117 of 14 April 2005.

In addition, the following County Kildare groups were funded under the scheme of community supports for older people in 2005 following their application under the 2004 scheme: Caragh and District Community Alert, €2,460; Naas Residents Forum Limited, €21,900; and the Irish Wheelchair Association, Clane, €30,000.

Under the funding scheme to support the role of federations and umbrella bodies, two groups in Kildare — Breaking Through in Leixlip and Accord in Maynooth — are funded over a three year period from December 2003 to December 2006. These groups, subject to satisfactory financial and progress reports, will receive €66,000 and €47,000 respectively in 2005.

For the sake of completeness I also draw the Deputy's attention to the decisions of the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board which operates under the aegis of my Department. Up to the end of April 2005, the board had approved funding in respect of 11 projects based in County Kildare totalling approximately €2.7 million. A breakdown of these approved projects is provided in the following table. The drawdown of funding is subject to the satisfactory completion of legal contracts with individual groups.