Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 June 2011
125 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of National Lottery funding included in subhead G1- Grant for An Chomhairle Oidhreachta, Heritage Council — in the Revised Estimates for Public Services for 2011. [14883/11]
View answer127 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of National Lottery funding included in subhead F1 — Irish Language Support Schemes — in the Revised Estimates for Public Services for 2011. [14888/11]
View answer128 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of National Lottery funding included in subhead D7 — An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Grant-in-aid — in the Revised Estimates for Public Services for 2011. [14891/11]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 125, 127 and 128 together.
The published Revised Estimates for the Public Service 2011 show that the subheads referred to by the Deputy, which are now included in the Vote of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, are part-funded by the National Lottery. However, as the Deputy will be aware, the allocation of the proceeds of the National Lottery is a matter for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
Elements of voted expenditure across a number of Departments are listed as being part-funded by the National Lottery. This expenditure is detailed in Appendix 1 of the 2011 Revised Estimates for the Public Service, as published. A footnote to this Appendix indicates that in 2011 the National Lottery will finance an estimated €230m, or 66%, of the €349.26m allocated for all of the subheads to be part-funded by the National Lottery, with the remainder to be funded by the Exchequer.
