Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 47: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications received to date in 2009 and each of the past three years for grants under the Dormant Accounts Fund, RAPID and CLÁR; the funding provided under each heading; the number of programmes fully funded and completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23851/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Dormant Accounts Funding is provided from the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF), through the votes of relevant Departments. The DAF is administered by means of various rounds of measures over an extended period and not on an annual basis. Rounds 2, 3 & 4 broadly relate to the periods referred to in the question. With regard to Dormant Accounts funded measures across all Government Departments, the number of applications for grants received under Rounds 2, 3 and 4 were 3,437; 3,115; and 1,575 respectively. The approvals / allocations of funding provided under each of these rounds was €76.6m, €22.3m and €29.8m respectively.

Also in relation to Dormant Accounts funding, in 2006, 2007 and 2008, my Department has managed an annual measure to support projects in RAPID areas, each measure is valued at €7.5m per annum. In 2007, my Department also managed a measure to provide recreation and personal development opportunities for disadvantaged young people valued at €1.12m, and provided €3.95m under the Flagship measure to fund two projects. In 2008, €2m was provided for a substance misuse measure.

Details of all of the individual grants and organisations that have been approved by the Government for support from the DAF are available on my Department's website www.pobail.ie. RAPID The RAPID Programme aims to ensure that priority attention is given to tackling the spatial concentration of poverty and social exclusion within the designated RAPID areas nationally. As I have indicated to the House on a number of occasions, it is a matter for individual Departments to report on the provision of funding and progress on delivery with respect to projects under their responsibility in the RAPID areas.

Details of the number of RAPID Leverage Scheme applications received by my Department and the funding allocated for each year are as follows:

As regards expenditure by my Department under the RAPID programme, the following funding has been provided: 2006 - €5.877m (out-turn); 2007 - €6.873m (out-turn); 2008 - €9.578m (out-turn); and 2009 - €7.49m (allocation).

My Department co-funds a number of other Leverage Schemes, namely the Sports Capital Top Up Scheme, the Community Based CCTV Scheme, the Health Sector Co-fund Scheme and the Small Scale Capital Grants Scheme for Schools, but applications for these schemes are processed by the lead Departments, i.e. the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Health Sector Executive and the Department of Education and Science respectively. CLÁR The CLÁR programme provides funding and co-funding to Government Departments, State Agencies and Local Authorities to accelerate investment in selected priority developments in areas that have suffered significant depopulation. In relation to CLÁR, please see the details provided in the Table.

* 2009 Allocation

For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that CLÁR Applications from Local Authorities and other Government Departments for programmes such as the Class 2 & 3 roads and Health are counted as one application but include multiple projects.

As for the remaining elements of the Deputy's question, it is very difficult in view of the number of organisations and projects involved to give global information.

If the Deputy has a specific question about an application or project, I will be happy to deal with that or to refer him to the relevant organisation.