Sports Funding
Seanad Éireann — 2024-05-01
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Thomas Byrne (FF), Meath East

We will certainly consider that. One of the challenges with dormant accounts funding is that the money in those accounts is running low. There are fewer and fewer such accounts, so the money allocated from them is decreasing. We try to top that up from the general pot of money every year and to ensure that people with disabilities are not disadvantaged, which is something I am very keen on. That is a problem that will start arising with dormant accounts funding over the coming years. It is as well that people realise that. We are certainly very conscious of it. We are getting less money from dormant accounts and want to see how we can make up that shortfall to the greatest extent possible. We are working on that as we speak.

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