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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas and Decommissioning: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

...every year, 27 have access to only 13% of the mackerel fishery. We have access to only 9% of the blue whiting fishery. Boats that have fished in that fishery since 2004 now have to go into a lottery to get a quota every year. Boats in the other pelagic segment do not have to do so because each of them gets a quota every year. It is crazy. How are we going to survive? How are the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...have been to too many meetings where that happens. It has to be done on a specific class basis, and not picking out the best or the brightest because they will find their own way. Maybe there could be a lottery or something from interested schools. I do not know, but it should not just be based on those who write the best essay because many of them will find their own pathway. ...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022) See 14 other results from this debate

James Browne: ...;darás rialála cearrbhachais na hÉireann or the gambling regulatory authority of Ireland. The authority will be responsible for licensing and regulating gambling to include betting, gaming, certain lotteries; the sale or supply of products or services related to gambling; the imposition of obligations on licensees and other persons, including obligations relating to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Brian Stanley: .... We will then go briefly into private session before adjourning until Thursday, 8 December, when we will engage with the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and the operator of the national lottery. We will end the meeting at 1.30 p.m. because the President of the European Commission will be in the Dáil Chamber at 2 p.m. The first item of business consists of the minutes of our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (30 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...steps she will take to remedy a shortfall of places at a second level school campus in Maynooth, County Kildare; and the steps persons can take if they fail to secure a place in the school via a lottery system despite meeting all entry requirements (details supplied). [59778/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Jackie Cahill: ...services and while children in other areas are receiving interventions much sooner. That is unfortunately the case for early intervention services all too often in north Tipperary. The postcode lottery needs to be tackled. With 339 children on waiting lists in north Tipperary and with a team of five whole-time equivalent psychology positions expected to cover this workload, this is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...in the CDM programme are welcome for people with conditions such as asthma and COPD but the difficulty is what happens when GPs makes that referral, because people end up in an Eircode postcode lottery. There is a stark contrast in the number of people waiting more than 12 months for an outpatient respiratory appointment in the regions compared to the number in Dublin, resulting in far...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...two public engagements. The first, in the morning, will be with representatives of the Department of Social Protection, and the second, in the afternoon, will be with the operator of the national lottery. Members will be aware that a joint sitting of the Houses has been scheduled for next Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m., so the engagement with the operator has therefore been provisionally...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...in existence 32 years yet I think 13 local authorities do not collect a cent while others do not even put sites on the register. The levy should be collected by Revenue. One of my Bills is in the lottery for legislation. What we want to do is force local authorities to act and, if not, they must answer to the Minister. At the moment there are homes where people could be housed,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: ...Act 2022 36.Schedule 1 to the Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 is amended, in column (5) opposite mention of reference number 9, in the amendment of section 27B(15) of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, by the substitution of “The chief superintendent of the Garda Síochána division shall cause to be kept a register of all lottery...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: We move to the work programme. The engagement schedule to year end is as follows. Next week we will engage with the regulator of the national lottery. The following week, on 1 December, we will have two public engagements. In the morning we will meet representatives from the Department of Social Protection, with whom members may wish to revisit the issue of categorisation of employees....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: .... When these next four clinics are in place, it will mean that 50% of the adult population have access to specialist ADHD services. However, I will be the first to admit there is still a postcode lottery depending on which area you are in. It is hard if you are living in Waterford and want to be referred to a clinic in Cork. That does not happen easily. Once the 11 ADHD teams for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for highlighting the fantastic work the Samaritans do. When I was Minister for Health we had a discrete lottery fund allocation at the time and were able to assist Dublin and Cork Samaritans with new facilities. We should always seek to ensure their facilities are good and any training or whatever is supported. That is theiresprit de corpsand ethos. The Deputy's...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Páipéar T2 Ghaeilge na Sraithe Sóisearaí: Plé (16 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...linn impí ar bhaill an choiste sin é a phlé. Tá comhaltaí ag na páirtithe ar fad atá anseo ar an gcoiste sin. Má chuirfimid faoi bhráid na Dála é, ansin is féidir leis an Dáil é a phlé, má thagann sé as an lottery atá i gceist leis an méid sin. Tá deifir leis seo agus déanfaimid...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...services. It is therefore important for service providers to engage with local Tusla area managers and seek to avail of other funding sources including, for example, Dormant Accounts, National Lottery, and local councils. Tusla continues to work with community-based family support organisations, including FRCs, to best meet the needs of vulnerable children, families and communities.

Report of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters on the UNCRPD: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...for children. These services are especially important because they impact on an individual’s potential over his or her life. Delays in assessment, the lack of therapies and geographical lotteries are harmful to children's capacity to live independent lives. We need to have a frank and honest conversation about this. This week, we learned that more than 12,500 children with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: ..., there are five public hearings between now and Christmas. Next week, on 17 November, the Department of Finance is to come before us. On 24 November, we have the Regulator of the National Lottery. We have two public engagements on 1 December. In the morning we have an engagement with the Department of Social Protection and, in the afternoon session, we have the operator of the...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: ...€6.6 million next year for the further development of long Covid services to ensure a full national service is in place, which is an important point. We are moving away from the postcode lottery to a national service and no matter where a person is living, he or she will get support. There is probably not one family or extended family in Ireland that does not contain a person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

...waiting list, 120 applied for an assistance dog. We go through the criteria at that stage so that applicants know whether a dog might be suitable for them. We had 30 places so there was a kind of lottery. We had to do a draw and pick out names so the other 80 people were left without a dog. The figure of 100 is probably a significant underestimate. We are not sure but that is what we...