Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 128: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will direct the board of the An Post National Lottery company to compile and publish a report which will identify each of the organisations, schemes, projects and so on across all Votes and subheads to which National Lottery funding was awarded in the years 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1679/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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An Post National Lottery Company does not have any role in relation to how the surplus which it generates is spent. The surplus from the National Lottery is paid to the Exchequer in a number of instalments each year. This surplus is treated as an item of non-tax revenue to the Exchequer. It is not possible to indicate the amount or percentage of Lottery funding provided to any individual Vote or subhead. However, it is estimated that in 2011 total funding from the Lottery represented 66% of the overall allocation for all subheads which were part-funded by the proceeds of the Lottery.

Figures for total annual funding from the National Lottery and total spending under subheads which are part-funded by the proceeds of the National Lottery are published each year in Appendix 1 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services. Individual Government Departments with responsibility for expenditure that is part-funded by the National Lottery surplus publish details of such expenditure (including lists of recipient organisations and amounts involved) on their websites.