Mary Harney
Ceist:19 Miss Harney asked the Minister for Finance the main expenditure headings under which the national lottery funds will be distributed in 1993.
Written Answers. - National Lottery Funds.
Austin Deasy
Ceist:40 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Finance the total income from the national lottery in the years 1992 and 1993; and the percentage of the income allocated to each area such as health and sport.
I intend to take Questions Nos. 19 and 40 together.
In 1992 expenditure on national lottery funded programmes was £100.149 million. In the 1993 Abridged Estimates Volume the Government set out lottery allocations of £88 million. Details of these expenditure proposals can be found under the relevant subheads of each Department's Vote in the Abridged Estimates Volume. There is also a summary in Appendix I of the Volume setting out all lottery funded programmes. There will be a small number of adjustments to these figures which will be reflected in the forthcoming Revised Estimates Volume.
Spending Departments are responsible for the disbursement of their funds. The sectoral allocation of lottery funds for 1992 and 1993 is as follows:
|
Sector |
1992 |
% |
1993 |
% |
|
£m |
£m |
|||
|
Health/Welfare |
45.7 |
45.6 |
33.8 |
38.4 |
|
Youth/Sport/Amenities/Recreation |
25.5 |
25.4 |
26.0 |
29.6 |
|
Arts/Culture/Heritage |
22.7 |
22.7 |
21.4 |
24.3 |
|
Irish Language |
6.3 |
6.3 |
6.8 |
7.7 |
|
Total |
100.149 |
100.0 |
88.000 |
100.0 |
The total income from the national lottery for 1992 comprised three elements — (1) the surplus generated by the National Lottery Company of £82 million, (2) interest earned by the national lottery fund from the Central Bank of £2.7 million and (3) a carryover of £20.4 million.
Regarding 1993 it is not the practice to release forecast figures for the current year. It is expected that sufficient funds will be available to meet the requirements for 1993 as set out in the Estimates Volume.
Full details of the National Lottery Company's operations for 1992 can be found in that company's annual report for 1992 which is available in the Dáil Library.