Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 399: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent in south Tipperary from the Dormant Accounts Fund in the past five years; the amount which will been spent in 2009 under this scheme; and the amount projected to be spent under this scheme. [4221/09]

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 400: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the anticipated expenditure from his Department on foot of various schemes operated and funded from the proceeds of the Dormant Accounts Fund in South Tipperary in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4222/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 399 and 400 together.

Funding is provided from the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF), through the votes of relevant Departments, to tackle disadvantage and to assist persons with a disability. My Department manages a number of measures that provide support for priority projects in RAPID areas, for a substance misuse programme and for recreation and personal development grants for disadvantaged young people.

Details of the individual grants and organisations that have been approved for support from the Fund are available on the Department's website www.pobail.ie and a county-by-county breakdown is provided.

From an examination of the measures that my Department manages, the position in relation to projects in Co. Tipperary is as follows: in relation to Round 1 of the DAF (2004/2005) — which were approved by the former Dormant Accounts Disbursements Board — approval was given for some €1.3 million in projects; in excess of €450,000 in funding was approved for projects under Round 2 (2006); and Round 3 (2007) approvals totalled some €360,000.

The indicative allocations for funding under the RAPID additionality and substance misuse measures were agreed by Government in March 2008. The actual beneficiaries of these allocations will be approved in the coming months.

During 2009, it is anticipated that funding of some €13 million will be provided through the Vote of my Department in relation to the DAF measures that it manages. However, as projects will continue to be approved as the year progresses, it is not possible to estimate, in advance, the level of funding which will be provided to projects in Co. Tipperary.