86 Mr. Mulvihill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of lottery funding disbursed by his Department for each of the years from 1990 and to date in 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10917/95]

87 Mr. Mulvihill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money provided from lottery funding for each recipient during each of the years 1991 to 1994. [10918/95]

88 Mr. Mulvihill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the projects and the amounts of money which have already received approval for lottery funding for which the funding has not yet been paid. [10919/95]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 86, 87 and 88 together.

Since 1988, funds from the national lottery have been allocated to my Department for the promotion of Irish cultural activities abroad. In 1994, the Exchequer supplemented the lottery allocation of £250,000 by £150,000, bringing the total allocation for cultural relations with other countries to £400,000. This year, the national lottery will contribute £220,000 and the Exchequer £180,000. There is no difference between the activities funded under the G.1, national lottery and G.2, Exchequer sub-heads.

A sum of £600,000 from national lottery funds was in addition given for disaster relief in developing countries in 1991.

In the cultural area the amounts of lottery funding disbursed by my Department for each of the years 1990 to 1994 is as follows: