Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 339: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent to date in 2008 under the various schemes operated by his Department here and funded by the dormant accounts fund; the degree to which this is in line with earlier projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33848/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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During 2008, my Department implemented the following measures funded from the Dormant Accounts Fund:

Annual RAPID Additionality Measures;

Flagship Measure funding two flagship projects;

Recreation and Development for Disadvantaged Youth; and

Substance Misuse Measure.

Expenditure on these measures at the end of August 2008 amounted to some €5.277m. Of this, €5.2m was expended on projects under the RAPID Additionality Measures; €50,000 on the two flagship projects and some €27,000 was spent on projects under the Recreation and Development for Disadvantaged Youth Measure. Expenditure on the Substance Misuse Measure is not expected to begin until 2009.

Expenditure is running somewhat ahead of projections due to the earlier delivery of some projects.