Written answers
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Lottery Funding
6:00 pm
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 444: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline separately in each of the past five years the amount received by his Department in respect of national lottery funding; the grants approved by him and the amounts actually paid out; the position regarding the balance yet to be paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12645/11]
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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It is presumed that the Deputy is referring to the Sports Capital Programme. The allocation of the proceeds of the National Lottery is a matter for the Minister for Finance.
Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, and part funded from the proceeds of the National Lottery, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in tabular form.
| Year | â¬000 | â¬000 | â¬000 |
| Estimates amount | New Allocations made | Payments made* | |
| 2006 | â¬67,724 | â¬91,836 | â¬60,053 |
| 2007 | â¬63,192 | â¬85,000 | â¬63,724 |
| 2008 | â¬58,000 | â¬50,250 | â¬60,137 |
| 2009 | â¬56,000 | â¬2,400 | â¬58,738 |
| 2010 | â¬48,000 | â¬12,933 | â¬50,042 |
* In some years the total payments made exceeded the Estimates provision. This was because of virements of savings from other subheads to the Sports Capital subhead.
At the beginning of this year, there was a balance of â¬77.5m remaining to be paid out in regard to previous allocations. This compares to a figure of â¬191m at the end of 2007.
Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 445: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details in relation to the amount of funding that has been allocated from the national lottery beneficiary fund since 1998 to projects in the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central under the development of sport and recreational sports facilities scheme. [12665/11]
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Since 1998, â¬64,088,310 has been allocated to sports clubs and projects in County Cork under the Sports Capital Programme, which is part funded from the proceeds of the National Lottery. The Sports Capital Unit does not maintain records on the basis of Dáil constituency.
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