Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 May 2009
165 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance if all funding accruing to the Exchequer from the national lottery is directed to the areas originally intended by legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16412/09]
View answerAll of the funding accruing to the Exchequer from the National Lottery is directed to the areas intended by legislation or later specified by Government in accordance with the National Lottery Act 1986. These areas are as follows: sport and other recreation; national culture (including the Irish language); the arts (within the meaning of the Arts Act, 1951); health of the community; and for such other purposes as the Government may determine. The following additional categories have been so determined: youth, welfare, national heritage and amenities. A breakdown of expenditure which is part-funded by the National Lottery is shown in Appendix 1 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2009.
