Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 192: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of funding received from the national lottery in each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009; if she will give details of the programmes, services and capital developments for which this funding was used, quoting the amount so used in each case and whether the lottery funding fully or partially funded the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29109/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The proceeds from the National Lottery form part of the General Exchequer managed by the Department of 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 allocations for these subheads for the each of the past three years and for 2010 are outlined in the Revised Books of Estimates.