Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Appendix 1 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services which is published each year gives a breakdown, by Department, of all expenditure areas supported by the proceeds of the national lottery. For approximately a decade, the total allocation for the relevant subheads has exceeded 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 in the subheads comes from allocations from normal Exchequer sources. For example, this year overall expenditure under the subheads supported by the national lottery is estimated at €408 million, while the proceeds deliverable from the national lottery are estimated at just over €200 million. The balance comes from the Exchequer as a top-up. Individual Departments with responsibility for expenditure part-funded by the national lottery surplus publish details of their expenditure on their websites, including lists of recipient organisations and the amounts involved.

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