Written answers

Thursday, 27 September 2007

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Dormant Accounts Fund

5:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 18: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide details of the organisations that have been allocated funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund since the start of 2007; the amount allocated on each occasion; the name and location of each organisation; the purpose of the funding; the amount allocated to date under the Dormant Accounts Fund, since the scheme became operational; the amount estimated to be available for further disbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20959/07]

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 33: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the organisations that have been allocated funding under the Dormant Accounts Fund since 1 January 2007 to date in 2007; the amounts allocated on each occasion to each individual organisation with details of their name, location and the purpose of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21024/07]

Photo of Pat CareyPat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 33 together.

Since the Dormant Accounts scheme became operational in 2003, approximately €125 million has been approved for allocation from the Fund to support over 3,800 groups and organisations involved in tackling disadvantage and assisting persons with a disability. A further €62.4m has been allocated to support the Early Intervention Programme for Children and the Rural Social Scheme.

Initially decisions on the disbursements of funds from dormant accounts were a matter for the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board, an independent body established under the Dormant Accounts Acts. Under the initial round of funding in 2003 and 2004, the Board approved 521 projects for funding totalling over €60 million. Details of these individual grants and organisations are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie.

Following the enactment of the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005, decisions on disbursements are made since 2006 by Government following a transparent process. The following table summarises the €65 million allocations approved by Government since the beginning of 2006. Details of the individual grants and organisations are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie.

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