Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2023
349. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount of funding that has been contributed from the national lottery; the breakdown of expenditure over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47571/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraRaising funds for Good Causes which help to support and make a difference to thousands of communities all over Ireland is one of the primary aims for the National Lottery. According to the terms specified in the National Lottery licence, 65% of Gross Gaming Revenue, which is the total lottery sales minus the total prizes, is passed on to the Exchequer to be disbursed for use by good causes. This means around 30 cents of every €1 spent on National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes.
I am informed by the Regulator of the National Lottery that the amount of funding transferred from National Lottery Fund to the Exchequer for Good Causes for the last three years is as follows.
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Amounts Transferred from National Lottery Fund to Exchequer for Good Causes (€m) |
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2022 |
258 |
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2021 |
290 |
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2020 |
270 |
*The transfers in 2020 of €270m included an amount of €16.1 million in respect of historical expired unclaimed prizes .
This funding is used to part-fund expenditure through a number of Departments on Good Causes projects. The allocation of this funding along with funding from the Exchequer by Vote and by Subhead is set out as an Appendix in the Revised Estimates for Public Services (REV) each year.
Overall amounts made available to Departments in each of the last three years, as set out in the REV for each respective year, are as follows.
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Total Expenditure Allocations Part-Funded by the National Lottery (€m) |
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2022 |
453 |
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2021 |
425 |
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2020 |
331 |
The breakdown of allocations by subhead for each year is available in the published REVs online at www.gov.ie/en/collection/e20037-revised-estimates/.
