Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 December 2016
287. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects from which allocated Dormant Accounts Fund funding has been withdrawn in each of the past ten years; and the value, location, purpose of the project, applicant name and reason for the withdrawal in each case. [40983/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe legislation governing the Dormant Accounts Fund provides for the disbursement of monies for the purposes of programmes or projects to assist:
- the personal and social development of persons who are economically or socially disadvantaged;
- the educational development of persons who are educationally disadvantaged, or
- persons with a disability.
Projects and programmes which are supported by the Fund are implemented by various Government Departments and agencies.
My Department has an oversight role in the relation to the allocation and disbursement of Dormant Accounts funding. However, it is a matter for each Government Department and agency to oversee the implementation of their own Dormant Accounts measures. Consequently, my Department does not have details of individual projects which were withdrawn.
However, on the basis of the summary statement of inflows and outflows from the Dormant Accounts Fund which are published on my Department’s website, I can confirm that a total of approximately €11 million has been decommitted from projects approved from the time the Dormant Accounts Fund was established in 2003, up to the end of September 2016. Further details are available on my Department’s website at: http://www.ahrrga.gov.ie/app/uploads/2016/10/dormantaccounts-30-09-2016.pdf.
