Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 178: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the full extent of funding available for disbursement through her Department from the proceeds of the National Lottery in 2010 throughout County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21047/10]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 179: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the full extent of funding available for disbursement through her Department from the proceeds of the National Lottery in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21048/10]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 180: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the full extent of funding available through her Department for capital grant aid towards the provision of major or minor sporting and recreational facilities, indoor and outdoor, passive and active in County Kildare in 2010; the number of applications received for such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21049/10]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 181: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the full extent of funding available through her Department for capital grant aid towards the provision of major and or minor sporting and recreational facilities, indoor and outdoor, passive and active throughout the country in 2010 the number of applications received for such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21050/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 to 181, inclusive, together.

As the Deputy will be aware, the allocation of the proceeds of the National Lottery is a matter for the Minister for Finance.

The elements of my Department's Vote which are part-funded by 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 allocation provided to the Arts Council.

Details of the Budget allocations for these subheads for 2010, are outlined in the table below.

It is not possible to accurately estimate the proportion of each of these sub-heads that will be spent in County Kildare.

In addition €7.5m has been made available in the estimate to cover the payment of grants for the provision and renovation of local authority swimming pools. Retention payments with a total value €761,842 are expected to be made towards Local Authority swimming pools in Athy and Naas in 2010.

No decision has been made on the timing of the next rounds of the Sports Capital Programme or the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme.

Question No. 182 answered with Question No. 47.