Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding the sports capital scheme received from the national lottery in each of the past five years; the reason the scheme could not have been run on national lottery funding alone in the event that there is no money available from the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8512/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The allocation provided for the sports capital programme in each of the past five years is as follows:

The 2004 allocation was fully funded from the proceeds of the National Lottery. Since 2005, the total allocation for subheads which had formerly been funded entirely from the proceeds of the National Lottery has exceeded the funds available from the National Lottery. The total amount of funding is determined in the Estimates process, and is paid out of the general pool of revenue of which National Lottery proceeds form part.

Subheads that prior to 2005 were funded exclusively by National Lottery funds are now funded by a combination of National Lottery and Exchequer funding, the total amounts vary from subhead to subhead depending on the outcome of the Estimates process. It is not, therefore, possible to indicate the percentage of National Lottery funding which was included in the allocations provided since 2005 for subheads that are partly funded by the National Lottery including the sports capital programme.

Funds from the National Lottery as a percentage of the total allocation for all subheads which are part-funded by the proceeds of the National Lottery amounted to 64% in 2005, 56% in 2006, 52% in 2007 and 57% in 2008.