The Dormant Accounts Board

Following the enactment of the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005, decisions on disbursements from dormant accounts are now the responsibility of Government. To learn more about what dormant accounts are, please go to What are Dormant Accounts.

The Dormant Accounts Board was established on the 4th January 2006. Its role is to provide independent advice and to act as a critical appraiser in relation to Government decisions in relation to dormant accounts funding.

The Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 provides for a chairperson and 10 ordinary members, all of whom are to be appointed by the Minister of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, from persons who, in his or her opinion have knowledge of, or experience relating to, matters that appear to the Minister to be relevant to the Board's functions.

Members of the Dormant Accounts Board

Chairperson - Michael Morley
Eimer O ‘Rourke
Des Gunning
Kate Feely
Rosaleen Glackin
Marian Hackett
Áine Hyland
Mary Maguire
Noel McPartland
David Martin
Colin Wilson