National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Questions (243)

Terence Flanagan

Question:

243. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of national lottery grants that are administered by his Department or by other Government Departments or agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7097/15]

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Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Deputy Brendan Howlin)

The surplus generated by the National Lottery for good causes is transferred annually to the Exchequer and is applied to part-fund the Exchequer allocations to a specified range of expenditure subheads across various Votes.

The amount transferred to the Exchequer from the National Lottery surplus, together with details of the total Exchequer allocations to the relevant Lottery supported subheads, is published each year in Appendix 1 of the annual Revised Estimates for Public Services (REV). This gives a breakdown of allocations by Department and programme.

The provisional outturns for National Lottery supported subheads for 2014 and estimates for 2015 are set out in Appendix 1 of the 2015 REV. A copy of this Appendix follows for your information.

My Department's Vote does not include any subheads that are part funded by the Lottery.

Appendix 1

EXPENDITURE PART-FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY *

				2014 Estimate			2015 Estimate
	Vote/Subhead	Current	Capital	Total	Current	Capital	Total
		€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000
	*24. Justice and Equality*
D.14 -	Payments to the Promoters of Certain Charitable Lotteries ....	2,000	-	2,000	1,000	-	1,000
		2,000	-	*2,000*	1,000	-	*1,000*
	*26. Education and Skills*
C.15.2 -	Grant for General Expenses of Cultural, Scientific and
	Educational Organisations ....	133	-	133	-	-	-
	Subtotal :-	133	-	*133*	-	-	-
	*31. Transport, Tourism and Sport*
D.3 -	Grants for Sporting Bodies and the Provision of Sports
	and Recreational Facilities ....	-	24,000	24,000	-	25,500	25,500
D.5 -	Irish Sports Council ….	45,048	15,980	61,028	44,236	12,820	57,056

	Subtotal :-	45,048	39,980	*85,028*	44,236	38,320	*82,556*
	*33. Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht*
A.9 -	An Chomhairle Ealaíon ….	56,800	93	56,893	58,800	93	58,893
B.3 -	Grant for An Chomhairle Oidhreachta (Heritage Council) ....	2,805	1,688	4,493	3,055	1,688	4,743
C.4 -	Irish Language Support Schemes ....	3,600	95	3,695	3,600	95	3,695
	Subtotal :-	63,205	1,876	*65,081*	65,455	1,876	*67,331*
	*34. Environment, Community and Local Government*
A.4 -	Voluntary and co-operative Housing ….	55,000	40,925	95,925	29,350	85,187	114,537
A.7 -	Private Housing Grants ….	-	38,600	38,600	-	24,090	24,090
E.3 -	Supports for Community and Voluntary Sector ....	10,875	-	10,875	12,624	-	12,624
E.4 -	Local and Community Development Programmes ….	47,707	-	47,707	45,407	-	45,407
	Subtotal :-	113,582	79,525	*193,107*	87,381	109,277	*196,658*
	*38. Health*
B.2 -	Grants to Health Agencies and Other Similar Organisations ....	3,286	-	3,286	3,286	-	3,286
J.1 -	Health Agencies and Other Similar Organisations ....	7,513	-	7,513	7,513	-	7,513
L..3 -	Building, Equipping and Furnishing of Health Facilities ….	-	2,539	2,539	-	2,539	2,539
	Subtotal :-	10,799	2,539	*13,338*	10,799	2,539	*13,338*
	*40. Children and Youth Affairs*
B.6.1 -	Youth Organisations and Services ….	49,675	750	50,425	49,871	750	50,621
-	Grants to Organisations ….	910	-	910	-	-	-
	Subtotal :-	50,585	750	*51,335*	49,871	750	*50,621*
	Total:-	285,352	124,670	410,022	258,742	152,762	411,504

*The total expenditure of €410 million in 2014 was financed by approximately €200 million from the National Lottery; the remainder was funded by the Exchequer. In 2015, estimated total expenditure of €412 million will be financed by approximately €200 million from the National Lottery, the remainder will be funded by the Exchequer.