National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2015

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Questions (654, 655)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

654. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25035/15]

Catherine Murphy

Question:

655. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25051/15]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

I propose to take Questions Nos. 654 and 655 together.

Details of the total Exchequer allocations to the relevant Lottery supported subheads are published in the annual Revised Estimates for Public Services. These programmes are only part-funded by the Lottery with the remaining expenditure coming from general Exchequer funding.  The Revised Estimates do not specify the precise amount of National Lottery funding in each individual subhead.

In relation to the Sports Capital Programme, a list of payments in each of the last six calendar years is available on the Department's website at www.dttas.ie. The total amount available for SCP payments in 2015 is €28.5 million.

Subhead D5 is the Grant-in-aid for the Irish Sports Council which is part-funded by the proceeds of the National Lottery.  Subhead D5 funding is the grant given annually to the Irish Sports Council to fund a wide range of programmes aimed at increasing participation and raising standards in Irish sport and to fund National Governing Bodies of sport to enable them to develop their sport in a strategic manner. The total Exchequer allocation for the Irish Sports Council in 2015 is €42.5 million.