Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 323: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the breakdown of each individual allocation of national lottery funding issued by his Department for 2007 and 2008. [41756/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The elements of the Department's Vote which are part-funded by the proceeds of the National Lottery are as follows: Subhead C.1: Grants for sporting bodies and for the provision of sports and recreational facilities under the Sports Capital Programme; Subhead C.3: Grant-in-Aid provided to the Irish Sports Council in respect of general assistance to sports organisations and expenditure in relation to sports activities; and Subhead D.7: Grant-in-Aid provided to the Arts Council in respect of arts activities. The financial outturns in respect of Subheads, C.1, C.3 and D.7 for the years 2007 and 2008 are as set out in tabular form below.

* Includes capital carryover from previous year.

In relation to the Grants-in-Aid to the Irish Sports Council and the Arts Council, allocation decisions are made by the agencies themselves and the Department has no function in this matter.

In relation to the Sports Capital Programme, details of the numerous allocations of grants in the two years in question are available on the Department's corporate website at www.dast.gov.ie.