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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 24 Mar 1992

Vol. 417 No. 5

Written Answers. - National Lottery Funding.

Brendan Howlin

Question:

273 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment the total amount of funding provided from the national lottery for each county council and county borough area for the years 1988, 1990 and 1991.

The following statement details total expenditure by my Department from national lottery funds in each county and county borough for the years 1988, 1990 and 1991 in respect of the following services: local authority library service, provision and renovation of swimming pools and provision of communal facilities in voluntary housing projects.

Schedules listing the grants allocated from national lottery funds under the amenity/recreational facilities grants scheme are available in the Oireachtas Library.

Expenditure from national lottery funds in respect of the local authority library service, the provision and renovation of swimming pools and the provision of communal facilities in voluntary housing projects is as follows:

Expenditure

£000

1988

1990

1991

County Area

Carlow

104

Cavan

2

85

15

Clare

71

48

48

Cork

176

425

138

Donegal

3

21

22

Dublin*

394

346

186

Galway

29

358

200

Kerry

22

117

25

Kildare

52

112

10

Kilkenny

41

115

90

Laois

17

Leitrim

5

8

64

Limerick

25

Longford

11

44

Louth

207

31

450

Mayo

314

99

238

Meath

218

15

10

Monaghan

9

12

7

Offaly

48

56

27

Roscommon

232

126

151

Sligo

Tipperary NR**

45

35

540

Tipperary SR**

142

40

343

Waterford

36

201

87

Westmeath

90*

18

70

Wexford

77

35

201

Wicklow

10

40

10

County Borough Area

Cork

61

49

181

Dublin

484

438

207

Galway

Limerick

45

94

45

Waterford

35

5

*Includes expenditure on Dún Laoghaire Corporation library service.
**In addition, national lottery funds issued to the Tipperary Joint Library Committee as follows: 1990, £8,500; 1991, £1,500.
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