Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 11 Oct 1994

Vol. 445 No. 6

Written Answers. - National Lottery.

Enda Kenny

Ceist:

134 Mr. E. Kenny asked the Minister for Finance the total income which accrued to the national lottery in each year since its inception; the allocation of such funds for each of the past three years under all headings indicating the name, location, organisation and group to which allocations have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [289/94]

Minister for Finance (Mr. B. Ahern)

The information requested by the Deputy is as set out as follows:

Year	Total income of National Lottery Company
	£m
1987	102.4
1988	110.4
1989	140.4
1990	168.5
1991	236.5
1992	252.3
1993	271.2

The surplus allocated to the National Lottery Beneficiary Fund, after deduction of prizes and approved expenses, and its distribution over the main beneficiary headings for the past three years was as follows:

	Youth/Sport Recreation Amenities	Arts/Culture National Heritage	Irish Language	Health/ Welfare	Total
	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
1991	29.209	22.522	5.573	31.999	89.303
1992	25.481	22.735	6.253	45.680	100.149
1993	26.603	19.164	6.479	35.122	87.368

Details of the allocations and of actual expenditure by individual Departments are contained in the relevant Appropriation Accounts, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library.

In relation to lottery funds distributed directly by my Department, grants amounting to £507,202 were paid in the period 1991-1933 inclusive. Apart from a grant of £250,000 paid to the Irish Institute of European Affairs in Louvain in 1992, all other payments were made to Gaeleagras na Seirbhíse Poiblí.