440. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the sums which remain in dormant accounts funding, if the fund is due to cease to exist, the plans for replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53945/26]
Topics / Dormant Accounts Fund
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDormant Accounts Fund
19 questions from 12 TDs, between 19 March 2025 and 15 July 2026.
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554. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the dormant accounts funding scheme will open for 2026, and how groups can avail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5201/26]
75. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the funding allocation to family carers and young carers has not increased in the 2026 Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan compared to the previous year; if he will provide additional funding to return the family carer measure to €2.5 million as in the 2024 Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68383/25]
1108. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of where the just under €44.8 million that has been spent on the 51 measures in the Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan 2026, will be spent, by county, and nationally if not spent in one particular county, in tabular form. [69365/25]
1109. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of where the just under €47 million that has been approved for the 56 measures in the Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan 2026 will be spent, by county, and nationally if not spent in one particular county, in tabular form. [69366/25]
731. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the current total value of the Dormant Accounts Fund; the projected size of the Dormant Accounts Fund for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68132/25]
335. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 4 November 2025, when a decision will issue in regard to the Dormant Accounts Action Plan 2026 in view of correspondence received from a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65571/25]
395. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the current status of the dormant accounts funding; the amount spent on this in the past five years, with a breakdown of expenditure for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36771/25]
396. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the current breakdown of expenditure of the dormant accounts funding; an estimate of expenditure under this vehicle over the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36772/25]
1671. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the status of the Dormant Accounts Fund; when it will reopen for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28950/25]
41. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will design and set up a dormant funds scheme for dormant investment funds in the State which currently hold €102 million and not leave the assessment of the feasibility and design to the funds industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26364/25]
2604. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when band 2 funding will be disbursed as part of the Dormant Account 2024 Growing Social Enterprise Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19785/25]
133. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress of the disbursement of funding by his Department under the dormant accounts action plan for this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14370/25]
275. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the criteria under which dormant accounts funding may be disbursed could be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14366/25]
276. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is satisfied that Departments with smaller annual budgets can access funding from the dormant accounts fund given the method of spending and subsequent recoupment that is in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14367/25]
277. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the progress of the social enterprise measure for which his Department received funding from the dormant accounts action plan for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14368/25]
901. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the future of the dormant accounts fund; the plans in place to support those projects and programmes currently funded by the dormant accounts fund when the funding finishes; the discussions he has had on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13876/25]
1437. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she can provide an update on the distribution of the Dormant Account Fund in her Department; the plans in place to support those projects and programmes currently funded by the dormant accounts when the funding finishes; if the funding does cease, whether Departmental existing levels of service funding wil…
1969. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he can provide an update on the future of the Dormant Accounts Fund; the plans in place to support those projects and programmes currently funded by the dormant accounts when the funding finishes; what discussions he has had on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12399/25]