Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014
640. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of disbursements made from the dormant accounts fund since the abolition of the Dormant Account Board; the total disbursed in each instance under each of the following headings, educational disadvantage, disability and socio-economic advantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12840/14]
View answer641. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to publish a dormant accounts disbursement plan, in succession to the now elapsed dormant accounts disbursement plan of 2009; the legal status of the dormant accounts fund in the absence of such a plan; if the dormant accounts fund is compliant with the terms of the relevant legislation in the absence of such a disbursement plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12841/14]
View answer642. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the interests, outside his own Department and the Civil Service generally, he intends to consult in the event that he sets about preparing a dormant accounts disbursement plan in succession to the now elapsed dormant accounts disbursement plan of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12842/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 640 to 642, inclusive, together.
The Dormant Accounts Board was dissolved on 31 December 2012 and a new disbursement scheme was approved by Government in December 2013 in accordance with the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2012. This was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 18 December 2013.
The National Treasury Management Agency (“the Agency”) is required by the Dormant Accounts Acts 2001 to 2012 to prepare financial statements in respect of the operations of the Dormant Accounts Fund for each financial year. The Agency is also responsible for safeguarding assets under its control. Disbursements on Dormant Accounts measures are paid from the relevant Department’s Vote in the same way as any other spending programme. The Vote is then reimbursed by the Agency from the Dormant Accounts Fund on the direction of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
During 2013 and to date in 2014, my Department, as well as the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the Irish Prison Service and the Department of Education and Skills, provided funding for disbursement to beneficiary projects under the Dormant Accounts Fund under the Dormant Accounts Board Disbursement Plan 2009. The total disbursed from the Fund in 2013 (full year) across Government Departments and Agencies came to €1,486,993.
All disbursements made on behalf of my Department fall under the socio-economic advantage category. The breakdown of disbursements to the projects by Pobal on behalf of my Department during 2013 and 2014 is listed in the table below.
The 2012 Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act also provides for the preparation of an action plan to give effect to the disbursement scheme. Organisations will be able to apply for funding once the action plan is approved, which is expected to be later this year, following a consultation process with relevant Government Departments and Pobal. I have allocated €5.456 million for Dormant Accounts Measures under my Department in 2014, which includes €2 million to be used to support labour force activation measures in local authorities and the implementation of a modest action plan.
Further data in relation to the Dormant Accounts Fund are available on my Department’s website at www.environ.ie
. Beneficiary Payments by Pobal in respect of Dormant Accounts Measures under the Socio-Economic Advantage Category on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government 2013 and to date in 2014
|
Beneficiary |
€ Amount |
|
St Michaels FRC Women's CDP |
9,000.00 |
|
Mitchell’s Integrated Services Centre Co. Ltd |
1,230,386.00 |
|
Killinarden Community Council |
12,575.45 |
|
Olympic Boxing and Social Club |
200.00 |
|
Ballinfoyle Mor RAPID Committee |
1,000.00 |
|
Galway Volunteer Centre |
200.00 |
|
Suir Community Development Project |
100.00 |
|
Dublin Docklands Boxing Club |
612.05 |
|
Community Enhancement (Jobstown) Limited |
200.12 |
|
We The People Community Development Project & Springboard HSE Family Support Project |
200.00 |
|
Longford Acorn Community Development Project |
746.10 |
|
Dolphin House Community Development Association |
7,500.00 |
|
Blanchardstown Youth Service - Foroige |
319.85 |
|
South West Wexford School Completion Programme |
150.00 |
|
Our Lady Queen of Peace Community Pre School Ltd |
600.00 |
|
Bunratty Community Childcare Centre Limited |
20,000.00 |
|
County Galway Local Sports Partnership |
500.00 |
|
Archbishop Ryan Junior National School |
2,065.00 |
|
Longford Social Services Limited |
70,200.00 |
|
Society of St. Vincent de Paul |
6,800.00 |
|
St Joseph's/O'Connell Boys GAA Club |
994.80 |
|
St Brigid's Family and Community Centre |
24,912.77 |
|
Gaelscoil Bhaile Munna |
318.54 |
|
St. Joseph's Senior National School |
121.94 |
|
Active Living for Older Adults in Ballymun |
330.00 |
|
County Galway Local Sports Partnership |
789.28 |
|
Poppintree Early Education Centre Limited |
1,890.75 |
|
Olympic Boxing and Social Club |
600 .0 0 |
|
Ballybane Mervue Community Development Project |
1,500.00 |
|
Galway Volunteer Centre |
500.00 |
|
South & East Cork Area Development Partnership Limited. (SECAD) |
3,692.20 |
|
The Macushla Dance Club |
517.00 |
|
Cork City Partnership (on behalf of Gurranabraher Churchfield Community Development Project Hosted Project Through Cork City Partnership) |
4,147.27 |
|
North West City School Completion Programme on behalf of Primary Schools in the project area |
779.00 |
|
Glen CDP |
569.39 |
|
Cork City Partnership (on behalf of Gurranabraher Churchfield Community Development Project Hosted Project Through Cork City Partnership) |
4,000.00 |
|
Cork City Partnership Ltd |
568.64 |
|
Foroige (CABLE Project) |
220.04 |
|
Louth Youth Federation Ltd. |
110.82 |
|
St. Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA Club |
878.00 |
|
National League of Blind of Ireland Trust |
200.00 |
|
Ladies Gaelic Football Association |
3,817.45 |
|
Limerick Youth Service (King's Island Area Team) |
2,250.00 |
|
Irish Hockey Association |
380.00 |
|
South West Wexford School Completion Programme |
400.00 |
|
Follow Your Dream Project, St. Munchin's Family Resource Centre |
584.42 |
|
County Galway Local Sports Partnership |
1,137.00 |
|
St Josephs Garbally College |
1,120.00 |
|
Three Rivers Storytelling Festival |
254.30 |
|
Collinstown Park School Completion Programme |
400.00 |
|
CPLN Area Partnership |
2,000.00 |
|
South Tipperary Development Company |
4,102.00 |
|
Waterford Institute of Technology |
2,567.00 |
|
Active Living for Older Adults in Ballymun |
140.00 |
|
Three Drives Family Resource Centre |
976.35 |
|
County Galway Local Sports Partnership |
5,650.00 |
|
Louth Leader Partnership |
69.10 |
|
Athy Community Council |
990.56 |
|
Blakestown Mountview School Completion Programme |
1,627.82 |
|
Listowel Family Resource Centre |
1,059.88 |
|
Kildare West/Wicklow Community Addiction Team |
3,496.51 |
|
Co-operation Fingal - Swords Family Support Group |
8,400.00 |
|
Cobh Community Drugs Project |
697.19 |
|
Tipperary Regional Youth Service |
10,000.00 |
|
Southill Family Resource Centre |
146.40 |
|
North East Family Support Network |
6,036.70 |
|
Kilkenny Family Support Group |
220.39 |
|
Ballyfermot Star |
4,170.00 |
|
Canal Communities LDTF Ltd |
926.66 |
|
Dublin North East Family Support Network |
4,725.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Community Addiction Team |
2,485.24 |
|
Churchfield Community Trust |
700.00 |
|
Cork City Partnership Ltd. |
1,020.00 |
|
Ballyphehane Action for Youth |
818.34 |
|
Ballincollig Youth Initiative |
644.61 |
|
Ballymun Youth Action Project |
1,000.00 |
|
Coolmine Therapeutic Community |
1,000.00 |
|
Edenderry Addressing Substance Abuse |
4,342.12 |
|
S.D.C.C. Limited |
672.50 |
|
Scoil Íosa Primary School |
936.50 |
|
Scoil Phádraig |
452.5 0 |
|
Ballina Family Resource Centre Limited |
233.00 |
|
Dungarvan Town Council |
2,900.00 |
|
Limerick Youth Service |
685.19 |
|
Rathkeale Boxing Club |
800.00 |
|
Rathkeale Community Childcare Limited |
1,000.00 |
|
Scouting Ireland |
800.00 |
|
St Mary’s Sean Finns GAA Club |
1,500.00 |
|
Mahon/Blackrock School Completion Prog |
1,200.00 |
|
Stepping Stone Accommodation Limited |
11,768.00 |
|
Ferns Dicesan Yoth Services Limited |
24,093.00 |
|
Limierick City Council |
4725.00 |
|
Crib na nÓg |
48.00 |
|
TOTAL |
1,543,163.74 |
