Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent by his Department in the past 12 months which derives from dormant account funds and to express this as a percentage of the total spent by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31009/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Total expenditure in 2005 to date in respect of the various programmes administered by my Department is in the region of €214 million. Included in this figure is €6.6 million expenditure under the rural social scheme which derives from dormant accounts funds. The spend from dormant accounts on the rural social scheme represents approximately 3% of total expenditure.

For the avoidance of doubt, I would like to point out that the expenditure from dormant accounts on the rural social scheme is additional to the allocations approved by the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board which are being channelled to successful applicants via Area Development Management Limited.