Departmental Funding

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Questions (164)

Imelda Munster

Question:

164. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of spending, in tabular form, of the two allocations made to the Drogheda implementation board of €167,884 from the dormant accounts fund in 2022 and €268,407 from the dormant accounts fund in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42932/23]

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Minister for Justice

The information requested by the Deputy is being collated and I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to Parliamentary Question No.164 of 4 October 2023 where you sought: “To ask the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of spending, in tabular form, of the two allocations made to the Drogheda implementation board of €167,884 from the dormant accounts fund in 2022 and €268,407 from the dormant accounts fund in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter”. As you will recall, I undertook to contact you once the information was to hand. The delay in responding is regretted.

Please find below requested details relating to a breakdown of expenditure for 2022:

Budget Line	€
Staff Costs	€62,283
Admin Support	€3,459
Rent	€9,600
IT Support	€1,133
Events, Meetings, Conferences	€12,363
Office Expenses	€3,836
Telephone	€207
Travel and Subsistence/Expenses	€719
Advertising	€1,500
Refurbishment of Lourdes Community Recreation Centre	€42,487
Community Crime Impact Assessment delivery	€7,500
Grant to Lifestyle Development Group CLG Alarm & lighting system refurbishment, website development	€7,876
Grant to Connect FRC Provision of specialist counselling for children on Southside of Drogheda	€8,000
Total	€160,964

*It is worth noting that the figures quoted are rounded to the nearest euro.

The unspent amount from the 2022 allocation of €167,884 was absorbed into the small grants scheme for 2023 with the agreement of my Department.

In relation to the breakdown of expenditure for 2023, this information will be available once the finances for the year are completed. To note, Drogheda Implementation Board have allocated €126,208 of their 2023 budget to a community grant scheme. Twenty one projects were funded through this scheme. Full details of successful grant applications can be viewed here:

https://droghedaimplementationboard.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DIB-Small-Grants-Successful-Grantees-list.pdf