Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the procedure for applying for national lottery arts grants. [4062/19]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Under section 8 of the National Lottery Act 1986, the proceeds of the National Lottery are paid into the Central Fund of the Exchequer and therefore National Lottery funding is one of the constituents of Exchequer funding. The apportionment of National Lottery funding to various lines of voted expenditure is the responsibility of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

The components of my Department’s Vote, which are part-funded by proceeds of the National Lottery, are:

- Subhead A.9 An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Arts Council)

- Subhead B.3 Grant for An Chomhairle Oidhreachta (Heritage Council)

- Subhead C.4 Irish Language Support Schemes.

Allocations in respect of these subheads for each year are set out in the Revised Estimates Volumes for the years in question and published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on its website atwww.per.ie.

In relation to the application process for Arts Council and Heritage Council Grants which are part funded by the National Lottery, such applications are managed by the Arts Council and the Heritage Council respectively. The Department administers grant applications under Irish Language Support Schemes and details can be found at the following www.chg.gov.ie/gaeltacht/the-irish-language/language-support-schemes/.