Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of funds from the proceeds of the National Lottery allocated to or through his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2009 and future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38108/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Minister for Finance ( Mr Lenihan): Funding from the National Lottery which is allocated to this Department is used for the Charitable Lotteries Scheme. Under this Scheme, funding is made available to supplement the income of certain private charitable lotteries whose products are competing directly with National Lottery products. The amount of funding provided from the National Lottery to this Department for this Scheme in each of the past 5 years is as follows:

2004 €7.618m

2005 €7.730m

2006 €8.618m

2007 €8.618m

2008 €8.618 m

A list of the beneficiaries under the Charitable Lotteries Scheme in each of the past five years is set out below. Comparable data for 2009 is not yet available.

Name of Body: Arts Council Date of Transfer:

2009 €000 2010 €000 2011 €000 2012 €000 2013 €000

Pension-related payments 127 127 127 127

Pension-related receipts 89 89 89 89

Net Impact on Vote Expenditure 38 38 38 38

Vote: CERT and TRO Pension Schemes

Name of Body: Date of Transfer:

2009 €000 2010 €000 2011 €000 2012 €000 2013 €000

Pension-related payments 2,032 2,248 2,787 2,156

Pension-related receipts 1,016 979 864 855

Net Impact on Vote Expenditure 1,016 1,269 1,923 1,301