I will take Questions Nos. 197 and 203 together.
It has not been the practice to release information on the distribution of national lottery sales on a county basis. The national lottery company operate in a competitive retail environment and such commercial and marketing information must therefore be regarded as confidential. Releasing such information might also raise security considerations.
As regards the distribution of national lottery grants the position is that while as Minister for Finance I have overall responsibility for the national lottery, the operation of the various national lottery funded spending programmes is a matter for each of the Ministers concerned. I would suggest, therefore, that the Deputy might wish to raise this matter directly with these Ministers.