Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance his priorities in 2009 in respect of the allocation of funding to appropriate and qualifying bodies, groups or agencies from the proceeds of the national lottery; if such allocations are expected to follow or deviate from the practices or procedures of previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8570/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Government decides on an annual basis the amount of funding which is to be allocated to subheads which are part-funded by the proceeds of the National Lottery. This occurs in the context of decisions on the Estimates for Public Services for the following year. The proceeds of the National Lottery are treated as an item of non-tax revenue and partly fund such expenditure. No deviation from this practice is envisaged in the context of finalising the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2009.