PARLIAMENTARIANS OF PARANÁ AND THE ALLOCATION OF BUDGETARY AMENDMENTS IN SPORT

ABSTRACT

Studies point to the existence of a strong influence of the parliamentary amendments in the constitution of the public budget for sport. Aims to investigate the allocation of individual amendments of the representatives of Paraná in the sport in the General Budget of the Union from 2004 to 2015. As specific objectives, it aims to: (1) map the volume and percentage of the parliamentary quota destined to sport; and (2) to identify the nature of sports activities privileged by the parliamentarians of Paraná. This quantitative and exploratory study was based on the SIGA Brasil portal. In this system, we collected the data related to the amendments in the process of elaborating the Budget Laws from 2004 to 2015 that had the Ministry of Sport as budget unit and that were allocated in the function "Sport and Leisure". We conclude that parliamentarians from Paraná allocated R$ 378.5 million through 456 individual amendments, which represented 7.6% of the quota available in the period. Of the total of 61 parliamentarians, 14 directed investments to the sport during their entire mandate and 2 chose not to allocate resources in the sector. The resources were allocated primarily to infrastructure actions (R$ 370.8 million - 98%), followed by sports activities (R$ 6.6 million - 1.7%) and promotion of sporting events (R$ 1 thousand - 0.3%)

Keywords:
Budgets; Government Financing; Public Policy; Sports