Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 January 2010
95 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money raised through the National Lottery that he will allocate to the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism in 2010; if the money will be used for community and sports projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2837/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraAppendix 1 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services each year gives a breakdown by Department of all the expenditure areas that are supported by the proceeds of the National Lottery. It is estimated that a total of €272m will be available in 2010 from the proceeds of the National Lottery and the breakdown of the allocations between Departments will be published shortly as part of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2010. Since 2005, the expenditure allocations for the relevant subheads exceed the amount available from the National Lottery surplus. Therefore, these subheads are now described as being "part-funded by the National Lottery", and the balance of the expenditure allocation for the subheads comes from normal Exchequer sources.
