Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the surplus received from the national lottery to the Exchequer each year for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39474/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The surplus received from the National Lottery in each of the past ten years is as follows: 1998, €141.294 million; 1999, €159.378 million; 2000, €162.807 million; 2001, €175.793 million; 2002, €172.931 million; 2003, €186.702 million; 2004, €191.125 million; 2005, €203.205 million; 2006, €217.526 million; and 2007, €245.480 million.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding provided to youth services from the national lottery surplus each year for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39475/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The amount of funding provided to youth services (Subhead B9 of the Vote for the Department of Education and Science) from the National Lottery each year between 1999 and 2004 is as follows: 1999, €19,032,267; 2000, €21,399,901; 2001, €23,350,483; 2002, €25,692,000; 2003, €27,123,000; and 2004, €28,624,000. Since 2005, subheads which had previously been funded by the proceeds of the National Lottery have been part-funded by the proceeds of the National Lottery, the balance being provided by the Exchequer. Although we know the percentage of National Lottery funds relative to total expenditure on the aggregate of subheads which are part-funded by the National Lottery, it is not possible to say that any given subhead got a particular percentage of National Lottery funding. The total amount provided in subhead B9 of the Vote for the Department of Education and Science between 2005 and 2008 is as follows: 2005, €33,889,000; 2006, €36,728,000; 2007, €42,617,000; and 2008, €43,733,000. National Lottery funding as a percentage of total expenditure on all subheads which were part-funded by the National Lottery is as follows: 2005, 64%; 2006, 50%; 2007, 52%; and 2008, 56% (estimated).

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance the action taken in view of the Government decision in the White Paper Supporting Voluntary Activity in 2001 to establish a national lottery fund monitoring committee including representatives of the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39476/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The National Lottery Beneficiary Fund Monitoring Committee was established by the Department of Finance to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the 1997 report of the National Lottery Review Group. The Monitoring Committee ceased to exist when it was subsequently decided that the recommendations of the Review Group could better be pursued within the broader context of the then Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs' consideration of the White Paper on a Framework for Supporting Voluntary Activity and for Developing the Relationship between the State and the Community and Voluntary Sector, rather than via a separate committee. Responsibility for the implementation of the White Paper, which was published in 2000, now rests with the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.