asked the Minister for Finance if he will give details of the first allocation from the national lottery which was published at £7 million, the second allocation of £9 million and the third allocation of £43 million; and if he will specify in each case the organisations which are to benefit.
Written Answers. - National Lottery Funds.
A further allocation of national lottery funds has been decided upon since the three allocations the Deputy mentions. The total allocated so far is as follows:
May 1987 |
July 1987 |
November 1987 |
January 1988 |
Total |
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|
Sports and Recreation |
3.15 |
1.6 |
20.3 |
1.7 |
36.75 |
Youth |
4.0 |
6.0 |
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Arts and Culture |
1.75 |
1.55 |
8.0 |
6.584 |
23.134 |
Irish Language |
0.35 |
4.0 |
0.9 |
||
Health and Welfare |
2.1 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
0.75 |
10.85 |
Projects associated with the Dublin Millennium |
— |
— |
0.7 |
— |
0.7 |
7.0 |
9.5 |
45.0 |
9.934 |
71.434 |
The selection of individual projects within these broad programme areas is the responsibility of the spending Ministers concerned to whom questions about the issue of grants to recipient bodies should be addressed.
80.
asked the Minister for Finance the amount allocated to his Department from the national lottery funds; the projects to which he has allocated the money; and the amount of money involved.
A sum of £1.8 million has been allocated to the Office of Public Works. It will be used to fund expenditure on the following projects in 1988.
Project |
Allocation |
£ |
|
Kilmainham Jail — restoration works |
200,000 |
National Library — provision of extra storage space |
300,000 |
Customs House — restoration of stonework |
1,000,000 |
Holy Trinity Church, Dublin Castle — remedial and restoration works |
100,000 |
Casino at Marino — landscaping |
200,000 |