Written answers

Thursday, 6 November 2008

Department of Finance

National Lottery Funding

5:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of national lottery funding administered by his Department in 2007 and 2008 and anticipated lottery revenue in 2009; the amount distributed and expected to be distributed to each Department in each of these years; the level of matching and expected matching provided by each Department in each relevant year; the ratio and expected ratio of matching funds provided by the Exchequer in each of these years; the ratios and expected ratios under each relevant subhead in the relevant estimates of each relevant Department in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39047/08]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The National Lottery Company generated a surplus of €245.480m in 2007. It is expected to generate a broadly similar or slightly higher surplus in 2008 and in 2009. The amount of lottery funding transferred to the Exchequer in 2007 to part-fund the various programmes in various Government Departments was €230m while the corresponding amount which will be transferred in 2008 is €260m. The amount which will be transferred in 2009 is expected to be in line with the 2008 figure.

Total expenditure on programmes part-funded by receipts from the National Lottery amounted to €444m in 2007 and is estimated to be €466m in 2008. Total expenditure on such programmes in 2009 is estimated at €448m. A table showing allocations by Department for subheads part-funded by the National Lottery in 2007 and 2008 is included in Appendix I of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2008. A similar table will be published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2009. The ratio of aggregate National Lottery funding to aggregate Exchequer funding in 2007 was 52: 48 while the corresponding ratio in 2008 is expected to be 56:44. The ratio of National Lottery to Exchequer funding in 2009 is expected to be broadly in line with the 2008 ratio.

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