Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on using the €1.8 billion in additional tax revenue received up to September 2006 to fund youth projects and other sport funding needs, whether capital or current, including the sport and playground facilities in Willie Pearse Park, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32001/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to the application of tax revenue to expenditure projects, in the 2006 Budget and Estimates I announced very significant increases in expenditure, particularly for priority areas such as health, education, social welfare and child-care. The allocation of funding to specific sport and playground facilities is a matter for the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, respectively.