Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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I found it misleading and will leave it there.

I wish to ask Mr. Nolan about the spending of the income accrued from the national lottery. In 2021, Benefacts was able to provide a breakdown thanks to the way that database captured information. This was important. The term "good causes" almost sounds charitable. I would have expected there to be a national framework that allowed us to see where the deficits were in providing funding to sporting facilities, the arts or heritage projects and that there would be some evaluation of this. Without having information that allows us to understand where the money is going and where there might be several funding streams to the one organisation, it is difficult to ensure that the money is going to the areas where it is most needed. There will never be enough. In terms of a database to replace Benefacts, where will the Department get the information from now to provide that breakdown?