Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 111: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding he will disburse from the dormant accounts fund in 2005 to voluntary and community groups in County Wexford and which of these groups have been successful in their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17764/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will be aware that decisions on the disbursement of unclaimed moneys from the dormant accounts fund are currently a matter for the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board. This is an independent statutory body, under the aegis of my Department, established under the Dormant Accounts Acts. The board engaged Area Development Management Limited, ADM, to administer the initial round of funding on its behalf, which involves the disbursement of up to €60 million from the fund.

The board has to date approved 481 projects for funding, totalling approximately €55.2 million, from the initial allocation of €60 million. In accordance with the board's disbursement plan, the bulk of this funding is initially being targeted at those areas designated as most disadvantaged, that is, RAPID, CLÁR and drugs task force areas. Nine of the approved projects, involving total funding of over €1.3 million, are based in County Wexford. A breakdown of these approved projects is provided in the appended table. The drawdown of this funding is subject to the satisfactory completion of legal contracts between the individual groups and the board.