Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated by the national lottery for the Exchequer each year for the past five years; and the way it was decided to distribute the moneys. [41819/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The amount of revenue generated for the Exchequer by the National Lottery in each of the years 2001 to 2005 is as follows:

The Government decides on an annual basis how the surplus from the National Lottery is to be allocated in the context of the overall Estimates process. I refer the Deputy to Appendix I of the "Revised Estimates for Public Services" for the years 2002 to 2006 for details of the outturn on the National Lottery allocations by Vote and Subhead for the years 2001 to 2005.