asked the Minister for Finance if he will furnish a list of disbursements from the national lottery fund for 1987; and a list of disbursements made or sanctioned for 1988.
Written Answers. - National Lottery Fund.
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The answer is in the form of a tabular statement which I am circulating for inclusion in the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
The £71.5 million expected surplus income of the lottery to end-1988 has been allocated by the Government for the following purposes:
|
£million |
|
|
Sport and Recreation |
20.75 |
|
Arts and Culture |
17.884 |
|
Health and Welfare |
10.85 |
|
Youth |
10.0 |
|
Amenity projects |
6.0 |
|
Irish Language |
5.25 |
|
Dublin Millenium |
0.7 |
|
71.434 |
Funds for these purposes are issued as required to the Departments concerned from Subhead N of the Vote for the Office of the Minister for Finance. The selection of individual projects within these broad programme areas is the responsibility of the spending Ministers concerned to whom questions on this matter should be addressed. The following table shows the amounts issued to date from the Finance Vote to Departments on foot of the approved programme allocations:—
|
Department |
1987 |
1988 to date |
Balance |
Total |
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|
|
1. Department of Education |
3.61 |
— |
30.284 |
33.894 |
|
2. Department of the Taoiseach |
3.27 |
1.082 |
6.625 |
10.977 |
|
3. Department of Health |
3.585 |
1.224 |
5.291 |
10.1 |
|
4. Department of the Environment |
0.35 |
0.575 |
8.605 |
9.53 |
|
5. Roinn na Gaeltachta |
— |
0.235 |
3.748 |
3.983 |
|
6. Office of Public Works |
— |
0.395 |
1.405 |
1.8 |
|
7. Department of Social Welfare |
— |
0.015 |
0.735 |
0.75 |
|
8. Department of Foreign Affairs |
— |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
|
10.815 |
3.626 |
56.993 |
71.434 |