Written answers
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Department of Finance
National Lottery Funding
4:00 pm
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the grants made which used national lottery funds in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; the sum involved in each grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44610/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Details of Government expenditure part-funded by the proceeds of the National Lottery in the years in question are contained in Appendix 1 of the Revised Estimates for the Public Services for those years.
As regards my own Department, an amount of €8.618m under the Charitable Lotteries Scheme was spent in 2006 and 2007. The following table shows the amounts awarded to the Charities under the Scheme.
| Charity | 2006 | 2007 |
| € | € | |
| REHAB Lotteries | 5,748,664.10 | 5,504,073.16 |
| Gael Linn | 479,224.00 | 541,587.06 |
| Irish Cancer Society | 418,411.48 | 413,738.27 |
| Polio Fellowship | 418,411.48 | 413,738.27 |
| Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | 391,823.88 | 316,656.75 |
| Asthma Society of Ireland | 367,530.85 | 557,013.55 |
| Irish Lung Foundation Limited | 225,301.87 | 205,152.00 |
| The Hanly Centre | 124,999.44 | 168,343.93 |
| Irish M.E. Trust | 100,138.84 | 98,105.07 |
| Drogheda Community Services Trust | 96,003.66 | 100,742.84 |
| West of Ireland Alzheimer Foundation | 94,458.06 | 104,943.51 |
| Longford Cathedral Circle | 60,652.17 | 62,209.77 |
| Associated Charities Trust | 41,942.28 | 42,214.67 |
| Irish Wheelchair Association | 18,697.16 | 7,615.56 |
| Mulranny Day Centre Housing Co Ltd | 18,528.59 | 17,004.60 |
| Cappoquin Community Development Co Ltd | 13,212.12 | 16,049.06 |
| Lyreacrompane Community Development Ltd | 0 | 27,938.48 |
| Slieve-Ardagh Rural Development | 0 | 20,873.44 |
| Total | 8,618,000.00 | 8,618,000.00 |
Allocations under the 2008 Scheme have not yet been allocated.
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