Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 287: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application for national lottery funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27267/11]

Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 288: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to continue to provide national lottery funding towards the provision of local counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27268/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 287 and 288 together.

The surplus generated by the National Lottery is transferred annually to the Exchequer and is applied to part-fund the Exchequer allocations to a specified range of expenditure subheads across various Votes.

The amount transferred to the Exchequer from the Lottery surplus, together with details of the total Exchequer allocations to the relevant Lottery supported subheads, are published each year in Appendix 1 of the annual Revised Estimates for Public Services which gives a breakdown of allocations by programme.

Any queries in relation to the allocation of National Lottery funding for counselling services should be addressed to my colleague, the Minister for Health.