Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017
989. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) for funding under the Dormant Accounts Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28906/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn February 2017, Pobal, on behalf of my Department, invited applications for funding under the Social Enterprise measure of the Dormant Accounts Action Plan. The aim of the Social Enterprise measure is to increase the impact of social enterprises by enhancing their capacity to delivery services and generate traded income through the provision of small capital grants and capacity support funding.
Arising out of the call for proposals, a total of 193 applications were received. The call was significantly oversubscribed. Based on a comprehensive independent assessment and ranking of the applications by Pobal against the published assessment criteria, Dormant Accounts funding was disbursed to total of 42 projects. The cumulative grant value of these projects is €1.648 million. Pobal have written to all applicants to inform them of the decision.
Due to the level of interest in the measure, only the highest scoring applications were successful in being approved for funding. Unfortunately, the project in question did not meet the required level to be funded on this occasion.
