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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Neasa Hourigan: ...kind of pressure does this situation put on the organisation? What are the witnesses' views on integrated eye care teams and whether they are taking a regional approach that is fair and not a postcode lottery, which is what is seen in many services? Those are probably enough questions for the two and a half minutes remaining.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

.... We are here today to be the voice for lung fibrosis patients and their families and to highlight the inequities in the healthcare system. Gaining access to lung fibrosis care is a postcode lottery. If a person is lucky enough to be referred to a specialist centre, he or she will have specialist care and support that may improve life expectancy. If the person is not, however, then,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

.... It is a daily struggle in RTÉ. In the newsroom where I work, we struggle still. We struggle to do our jobs. We cannot get the most basic equipment. Going into the newsroom, it is sometimes like a lottery as to which printer is working. I will ask whether printer 42 is working today and will be told it is not and to try 71 but that printer will not be working either. These are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have won the oral questions lottery this week. This question relates to the issue of Garda resignations, which I have raised a number of times. There were 147 resignations from An Garda Síochána last year, which was unprecedented. The Minister decided not to attend the Garda Representative Association, GRA, conference. That was an unsurprising move in the absence of an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: .... We need to make sure the legislation is working for women and that must be our guiding principle. We need to make sure services are available throughout the country - it should not be a postcode lottery - but five years after their introduction, it is clear from the show that that is not the case. We have heard from the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and I listened carefully to the...

Seanad: School Enrolments: Motion (17 Apr 2024)

Emer Currie: ...from primary to secondary school. There is an issue with capacity and demand for particular schools. Those things are incredibly important but so too is rectifying the disjointed and chaotic lottery system of the admissions process.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Apr 2024)

James Browne: ...and services provided by, not-for-profit and voluntary organisations, including the many charitable organisations in this country. In that regard, the Bill provides for a new type of licence that permits gaming, betting and lottery activities for fundraising for charitable or philanthropic purposes, including charities, sporting organisations and local sports clubs. Neither the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)

...trotting industry and has pledged increased support for this project. It is widely accepted that certain forms of gambling have a stronger association with gambling problems than others. Games of pure chance, such as lotteries, gambling machines and roulette, differ from games of skill factor, such as betting on horse racing. Betting on horse racing through totes is far less likely to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)

...period. In addition to this experience, I gained extensive experience of the State sector when I was chair of CIÉ. I am currently a member of the board of Fáilte Ireland and chair of Premier Lotteries Ireland. I believe that the commercial semi-State sector performs a very important role in our economy and society. I believe that my experience will help me to lead the board...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: It is a bit of a postcode lottery. As far as Ms O'Connell is aware, there have been no direct recommendations from the Department of Education on how to deal with it.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Lottery (16 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which any outstanding lottery money grants have been paid to all GAA clubs primarily awarded such grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16182/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (16 Apr 2024)

James Browne: ...and services provided by, not-for-profit and voluntary organisations, including the many charitable organisations in this country. In that regard, the Bill provides for a new type of licence that permits gaming, betting and lottery activities for fundraising for charitable or philanthropic purposes, including charities, sporting organisations and local sports clubs. Neither the...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Education Policy: Department of Education (11 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...we can do things with Dormant Accounts Fund money that we cannot do with mainstream money. It was mainly not meant to substitute for mainstream funding, which is unfortunately what happened to national lottery funding over time; it was meant to go into the kind of things we would not normally do with mainstream funding. That is one way we might be able to look at this. It would be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (11 Apr 2024)

James Browne: ...and services provided by, not-for-profit and voluntary organisations, including the many charitable organisations in this country. In that regard, the Bill provides for a new type of licence that permits gaming, betting and lottery activities for fundraising for charitable or philanthropic purposes, including charities, sporting organisations and local sports clubs. Neither the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (11 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Brendan Griffin: ...Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the proposed Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 imposes maximum stakes limits and prize-winning limits on certain games including bingo, local lotteries and charity fundraisers, but no such restrictions will apply to general sports betting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15888/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I remember on the last occasion - I think it was in respect of the schools excellence funds - there may have been a lottery used, such were the numbers that applied. That is probably something the Department did not wish to do, but does the Minister envisage that happening in respect of the digital grant or will there be a more equitable way of doing it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

...a need for much more investment in cancer services in the west, both in capital infrastructure and staffing. It is simply not acceptable that a person’s chances of surviving cancer is a postcode lottery and what that person can get access to depends on where that person lives. I am not an expert on what is happening in Galway but I have listened to Professor Kerin who is and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (10 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...and services provided by, not-for-profit and voluntary organisations, including the many charitable organisations in this country. In that regard, the Bill provides for a new type of licence that permits gaming, betting and lottery activities for fundraising for charitable or philanthropic purposes, including charities, sporting organisations and local sports clubs. Neither the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Louise O'Reilly: ...Government how much funding was allocated by his Department in 2023 and 2024 to the communal facilities in housing projects; and how much funding was allocated to the same scheme by the National Lottery in 2023 and 2024.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14641/24]