Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of national lottery funding included in subhead G, Grant-in-aid for General Expenses of Youth Organisations and other expenditure in relation to youth activities, in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2011. [14895/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Youth Affairs Unit of my Department supports the delivery of a range of youth work programmes and services for all young people including those from disadvantaged communities through grants in aid. Funding is made available to national youth organisations under the Youth Service Grant Scheme and to projects/organisations under the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, Local Youth Clubs Grant Scheme, Youth Information Centres, collaborative programmes on Youth Health and Youth Arts, Gaisce - The President's Award and Léargas, the body established to administer international exchange programmes.

Funding of €35.8m has been allocated in 2011 through resources made available under Subhead G of Vote 41, which is part funded by the National Lottery. The overall funding provision does not differentiate between the Exchequer and National lottery element of the allocation.