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Dormant Accounts Fund Grants

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Questions (1024, 1025)

Eamon Scanlon

Question:

1024. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a charity (details supplied) will be considered for funding under the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54359/18]

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Eamon Scanlon

Question:

1025. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an organisation (details supplied) will be considered for funding under the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54360/18]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1024 and 1025 together.

The 2018 Dormant Accounts Action Plan, which was published in July, approved funding of up to €39.7 million for 45 different measures across ten different Government Departments.

In line with the provisions of the Dormant Accounts Acts, the measures identified in the Action Plan target social, economic and educational disadvantage; and people with a disability. The approved measures will support a wide range of projects and programmes relating to issues such as social inclusion, assisting migrants, support for carers, speech and language therapy, support for dementia sufferers and sports measures. The majority of measures will commence in 2019, subject to voted expenditure being available within each relevant Department.

With regard to the ways in which individual organisations can apply for funding, it is a matter for each relevant Department as to how they deliver their own measures. For example, my own Department recently granted capital funding to a range of social enterprises that are addressing disadvantage and disability through their work, following a process which was administered by Pobal.

With regard to the specific organisations referred to, I am aware that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport administers Dormant Account measures through Sport Ireland, who periodically invite applications for possible projects and programmes from the National Governing Bodies, Local Sports Partnerships and other agencies directly involved with disadvantage and disability. Through these measures the Department of Transport has recently made Dormant Accounts Funding available to the Irish Wheelchair Association. I am also aware that Acquired Brain Injury Ireland was recently approved for Dormant Accounts Funding of €170,000 through a measure administered by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. This is to support the set up of a national support network for carers of people with an acquired brain injury.

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