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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015) See 3 other results from this debate

Paul Coghlan: I thank representatives of the national lottery operator for coming before the joint committee to make a presentation. There have been three well publicised outages of the lottery terminals since the new technology was introduced. Why did the national lottery release on the network new technology which is clearly unreliable and vulnerable to breakdown, and do so without any backup in...

Written Answers — Lottery Funding: Lottery Funding (11 Nov 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The amount of funding provided to youth services (Subhead B9 of the Vote for the Department of Education and Science) from the National Lottery each year between 1999 and 2004 is as follows: 1999, €19,032,267; 2000, €21,399,901; 2001, €23,350,483; 2002, €25,692,000; 2003, €27,123,000; and 2004, €28,624,000. Since 2005, subheads which had previously been funded by the proceeds of...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: 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...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005) See 2 other results from this answer

Brian Cowen: The Deputy will be aware that funding from the national lottery is disbursed by a number of Departments, including my Department. The only national lottery funds which are disbursed directly by my Department are payments to the promoters of certain charitable lotteries, whose revenue-earning capacity has been adversely affected by the national lottery, to supplement their charitable income...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2021)

Barry Ward: I want to raise the issue of the national lottery. We know that the national lottery provides a number of different products, from the lotto to scratch cards. What is very important is that it also provides a social dividend for the people of Ireland. Approximately 28 cent out of every €1 that is spent on national lottery products in Ireland goes back into a good causes fund that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Lottery (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The use of expired unclaimed prize money from National Lottery ticket sales is set out in the licence to operate the National Lottery, which was won, following an open competition, by Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI) in 2013. The Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery (ORNL) is an independent regulatory office established by statute. The role of the ORNL is set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Data (29 Sep 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the National Lottery Act 2013, any price increase in National Lottery tickets is a matter for decision by the operator of the National Lottery, while any change to the scheme of a National Lottery game must be approved by the National Lottery Regulator, who acts independently in the discharge of his functions. Under the legislation, the operator decides on the prizes to be...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (27 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The surplus generated by the National Lottery is transferred annually to the Exchequer and is applied to part-fund the Exchequer allocations to a specified range of expenditure subheads across various Votes. The amount transferred to the Exchequer from the National Lottery surplus, together with details of the total Exchequer allocations to the relevant Lottery supported subheads, are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (11 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The decision was taken in 2012, because of the urgent need to make savings in Government expenditure, that the Charitable Lotteries Scheme could no longer be sustained. Beneficiaries were advised in October 2012 that it would be phased out on a gradual basis over a 3 year period, with the first reduction taking effect in late 2013. This is in order to give affected organisations as much...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charitable Lotteries Scheme (22 Oct 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Shatter: The Charitable Lotteries Scheme was established in 1997 to provide assistance to the promoters of certain private charitable lotteries that have products similar to products sold by the National Lottery. Assistance under the Scheme was originally drawn solely from the National Lottery surplus but, as with other National Lottery funded subheads, it is now drawn also from exchequer funds. From...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (3 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department engages regularly with the Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery on all aspects of the National Lottery. Part of the Regulator’s remit relates to monitoring the operation of the National Lottery and enforcing compliance with the National Lottery Act 2013 and the Licence to operate the National Lottery, currently held by Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI). The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Data (20 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My officials have been advised by An Post National Lottery Company that the value of unclaimed lottery prizes for each of the 5 years before the sale of the licence in 2014 cannot be disclosed as these figures are considered commercially sensitive. I am advised by the Office of the National Lottery Regulator as follows: The current treatment of unclaimed prizes is specifically provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (29 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy may be aware, the responsibility for the regulation of the National Lottery is, under statute, under the remit of the Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery (the National Lottery Act, 2013.) I understand that the Regulator will, on foot of complaints received, consider the opt-out system for the draw based add-on “Plus” games in the National...

Written Answers — Gaming and Lotteries Legislation: Gaming and Lotteries Legislation (5 Oct 2004) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael McDowell: In so far as some prize-winning schemes are conducted in lottery form, for example, scratch cards, the provisions of the Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 1986 apply. Under the 1956 Act, all lotteries are unlawful except those which are specifically permitted. Furthermore, under section 22 of the Act, publication of any notice or announcement concerning a lottery, other than announcement of...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (9 Feb 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Howlin: The case which the Deputy makes for information regarding the distribution of funding raised by the National Lottery to be made available by the National Lottery Company is noted. However, for the past number of years, funding raised by the Lottery has only part-funded various programmes across a range of Votes. The remaining funding comes from the exchequer. It is not possible to indicate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (23 Jun 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 383 and 384 together. My Department receives monies from the National Lottery Fund as a contribution towards the cost of running the Charitable Lotteries Fund (CLF). The CLF was established in 1997 to provide assistance to the promoters of certain private charitable lotteries that have products similar to products sold by the National Lottery. The CLF is only...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (17 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: The National Lottery does not undertake any expenditure on Good Causes, however I am pleased that €254m was transferred from the National Lottery Fund to the Exchequer in 2020 to be utilised by Good Causes projects. This represents a 1.4% increase on 2019 levels. As per the terms of the National Lottery Licence, 65% of gross gaming revenue is made available for use by Good Causes. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (23 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297 to 299, inclusive, together. The National Lottery Fund was established under the National Lottery Act 1986 and continues in being by virtue of Section 44 of the National Lottery Act 2013.  The fund is now managed by the National Lottery Regulator. Prior to his appointment last November it was managed by my Department.  The fund...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Paul Coghlan: We are all aware that the national lottery has experienced three outages or interruptions in service in recent weeks, including the cancellation of one draw. I am concerned about the impact these interruptions could have on sales at ticket terminals and that it would drive lottery players to an online environment. The new operators of the national lottery have made it clear that they see...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...private income of bookmakers. He also made the point that there is a loss of footfall in local shops, which is a genuine concern at this time. Senator Carrigy pointed out that he is a national lottery agent himself.As such, he knows the detail of the compliance, such as mystery shoppers going into shops to check that all the rules are being complied with. Those rules simply do not apply...