asked the Minister for Finance the amount of finance received from the national lottery to date; the amount allocated to each Department; the amount allocated to each applicant by category; the amount remaining to be allocated; the criteria by which the allocations are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - National Lottery Allocations.
94.
The surplus income of the lottery to end-1988 is presently estimated at £71.5 million. To date, £10.9 million has been transferred to the Exchequer.
Allocations from the estimated proceeds of the lottery surplus in 1987 and 1988 have been decided upon by Government as follows:
|
Department |
Purpose |
£m |
|
Department of Education |
Youth, Sport and Recreation |
30.75 |
|
Irish language |
1.267 |
|
|
Arts & Culture |
1.877 |
|
|
Department of the Environment |
Amenities |
6.0 |
|
Projects associated with the Dublin Millennium |
0.7 |
|
|
Arts & Culture |
2.83 |
|
|
Department of the Taoiseach |
Arts & Culture |
10.977 |
|
Department of Health |
Health |
10.1 |
|
Department of Social Welfare |
Welfare |
0.75 |
|
Roinn na Gaeltachta |
Irish Language |
3.983 |
|
Office of Public Works |
Arts & Culture |
1.8 |
|
Department of Foreign Affairs |
Arts & Culture |
0.4 |
|
Total |
71.434 |
The selection of individual projects within the broad programme allocations decided by Government is the responsibility of the spending Ministers concerned, to whom questions about the issue of grants to recipient bodies should be addressed.