Written Answers - Sport and Recreational Development. Tuesday, 12 May 2009

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  291.  Deputy John Deasy      asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism      the amount of national lottery funding allocated to projects in the area of youth, sports and amenities in each of the years 2007 and 2008; the planned allocation to youth, sports and amenities in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18481/09]

Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism (Deputy Martin Cullen):    As the Deputy will be aware, the allocation of the proceeds of the National Lottery is a matter for the Minister for Finance. The elements of my Department’s Vote which are part-funded by proceeds of the National Lottery are as follows:

Details of expenditure part-funded by proceeds of the National Lottery under these subheads in the last two years, together with the Revised Estimates allocations for 2009, are outlined in the table.

	Sports Capital Programme	Irish Sports Council	Arts Council	Totals
	€	€	€	€
2007	63,724,000	54,025,000	83,000,000	200,749,000
2008	60,137,000	57,182,000	81,620,000	198,939,000
2009	56,000,000	51,689,000	73,350,000	181,039,000

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