Michael Ring
Ceist:112 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education the amount of national lottery funding that was allocated to her Department in 1995; and the amount allocated to each project on a county by county basis. [11791/96]
Written Answers. - National Lottery Funding.
The amount of national lottery funding that was allocated to my Department in 1995 was £34.884 million. The actual expenditure was £33 million. The expenditure is distributed over the broad headings to which national lottery funds are allocated as follows:
|
(a) Irish Language |
£2.0m |
|
(b) Arts and Culture |
£6.6m |
|
(c) Youth and Sport |
£24.4m |
|
Total |
£33.0m |
I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 23 January 1996 which included a tabular statement of the organisations in each county which were allocated grants under the sports capital programme in 1995. Records are not maintained in such a way that would enable me to provide details of funding on a county by county basis for other categories given the nature of the funding arrangements. A large proportion of overall funding is allocated to national bodies, many of whom disburse the funding to individuals and projects throughout the State.