Vulnerable immigrant families are to benefit from more than half a million euro lying in dormant Irish bank accounts.
The funding will be used for providing pre-employment training programmes, job-seeking programmes and measures to promote access to employment.
Support groups in Blanchardstown, Drogheda, Waterford, Mayo, Cork and Kerry will benefit from the allocation of €574,989.
Disbursements from the Dormant Accounts Fund target those affected by economic and social disadvantage, those affected by educational disadvantage, and people with a disability.
The funding will increase the employability of vulnerable immigrant families who have been granted refugee status or who have been granted leave to remain in the State.
"The integration of refugees and other non-nationals into Irish society is an urgent and important issue," said Minister for Justice Michael McDowell.
"This funding is a further step in the process of integration and is directed primarily at facilitating access to employment in the short to medium term."