Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 184: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of national lottery money, if any, she expects to be allocated from the Department of Finance in 2011 for culture, sport and tourism projects, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47445/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, 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 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 allocations in respect of Subheads C.1, C.3 and D.7 for the year 2011 are €28 million, €46.877 million and €65.167 million, respectively. Moreover, in respect of Subhead C.1, an additional amount of €5 million in unspent capital funding in 2010 is being carried forward to 2011 and is available for spending on this subhead.