Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 36: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he will allocate funding from the proceeds of the dormant accounts fund in 2009 to County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23227/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Disbursements from the Dormant Accounts Fund are designed to assist three broad categories of persons: · those affected by economic and social disadvantage; · those affected by educational disadvantage; and · persons with a disability.

Under the Dormant Accounts Acts, the Government is required to consider and approve proposals for disbursals from the Dormant Accounts Fund. In line with these statutory requirements, the Government will be asked to consider measures to be supported from the Fund in the coming months. Given the statutory requirements for the allocation of funds, it is not possible to indicate the number or value of successful applications that may be received or approved to the benefit to County Kildare. Details of the 2009 Programme will be published when approved by Government.