Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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612. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30241/20]

Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach.

The Community and Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Stability Fund was intended to be a targeted once-off cash injection for organisations and groups currently delivering critical front-line services to the most at need in our society and in danger of imminent closure due to lost fund-raised or traded income as a direct result of restrictions to counter the spread of COVID-19. The criteria of the scheme stated that any grants awarded would be dependent on the need identified and organisations approved for funding were prioritised on that basis.

This fund is providing up to €35million of funding through the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF) and the criteria aligned with DAF objectives to support:

1.The personal and social development of persons who are economically or socially disadvantaged; or

2.The educational development of persons who are educationally disadvantaged; or

3.Persons with a disability.

My Department received 1,060 applications during the application periods. To date, four tranches of successful applications have been announced, allocating funding of €30,073,923 to 568 organisations. This funding is now supporting the delivery of many critical front line services in every part of the country.

Lists of successful applicants are available on my Department’s website at

I can confirm that an application for stability scheme funding was received from the organisation in question and I understand that the outcome of that application has recently been communicated to the organisation by Pobal.