A bank account goes dormant when there has not been any activity on the part of the customer—like deposits, withdrawals, or transfer of funds—for two years. Although your money is secure, you will be ...

We have received a large number of letters and phone calls concerning dormant accounts. JIM AUGHNEY answers the most frequently-asked questions What is a dormant account? A dormant account is an ...

Many of us have more than one bank account. One for salary, one for savings, and an old student account that is just lying around. Often, we forget to use these old accounts. Then one day, when we ...

Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent THE Government will shortly consider allocating ?18m from the dormant accounts fund for services to people with disabilities, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern revealed ...

The Government has concluded a review of its policy on dormant bank accounts. Decisions on disbursing money from such accounts will be made by the Government, following an evaluation process.

One of the largest players in Ireland’s €4.5 trillion international funds industry has suggested the Government set up a dormant accounts-type system to put deserted investments toward good causes.

According to a department spokesperson, next year’s dormant account allocations will be used to pay outstanding commitments. Examples of previously funded programmes include Traveller initiatives, ...

Just €37,556 has been disbursed from the Dormant Accounts fund so far this year even though its gross inflow was almost €43.7 million between January and May, according to documents from the ...

The GAA are to receive €625,000 from the Dormant Accounts Funding as Sport Ireland announced a spending package of €6.4m allocated by the Government for 2023. The Dormant Accounts Funding allows ...