Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)
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Question 388: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of lottery funding advanced to date on a yearly basis to projects outside this State; the number of such lottery grants on a yearly basis [11524/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will be aware that funding from the national lottery is disbursed by a number of Departments, including my Department. The only national lottery funds which are disbursed directly by my Department are payments to the promoters of certain charitable lotteries, whose revenue-earning capacity has been adversely affected by the national lottery, to supplement their charitable income with funding from the national lottery surplus. Funds are not allocated to the promoters of such charitable lotteries in respect of specifc projects and all such charities are required to be registered in the State in order to be eligible for funding.