Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 November 2016
175. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if national lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there are specific programmes eligible for grant assistance; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33271/16]
View answerResponsibility for the allocation of National Lottery funding to Departmental expenditure programmes, generally, is a matter for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. 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 a number of Departments, including my Department.
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 by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in Appendix 1 of the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services (REV).
The relevant programmes part-funded by National Lottery funding in my Department are:
- A.4 - Voluntary and Co-Operative Housing
- A.7 - Private Housing Grants
- E.3 - Supports for Community and Voluntary Sector
- E.4 - Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
Details of the allocations part funded by the National Lottery in respect of 2009-2015 are published on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/corporate/finance/national-lottery-funding/national-lottery-funding.
