Pat Rabbitte
Question:159 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total lottery money allocated to and spent in the social welfare area in respect of each calendar year since the national lottery was established.
Vol. 425 No. 7
159 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total lottery money allocated to and spent in the social welfare area in respect of each calendar year since the national lottery was established.
My Department is responsible for a number of schemes of support for voluntary and community groups which are funded from the national lottery 1988. The allocation in each year to date is set out in the following table. These amounts have been fully expended.
TABLE
Year |
Allocation/expenditure |
£ |
|
1988 |
850,000 |
1989 |
900,000 |
1990 |
750,000 |
1991 |
2,360,000 |
1992 |
3,484,000 |
Total |
8,344,000 |