Results 11,861-11,880 of 16,492 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Perhaps the Minister and the Deputy would refer to the amendment.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Deputy McDonald, please.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Deputy McDonald, I am on my feet. I do not want to suspend the meeting, but as soon as I rise to my feet I must ask you to respect the Chair, regardless of what opinion you may have with regard to other members of the committee. You will respect this Chair. Is that agreed?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: When I am on my feet, what does that mean? It means that members desist from talking. Let us establish the basic rules before the committee continues. I will sit down and make a ruling. I will give the Deputy time to facilitate her response to the Minister. I will ask both the Deputy and the Minister to refrain from referring to personal styles. I will ask the Minister to respond to the...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Before I ask the Minister to reply, I have a question that needs to be clarified. In respect of the appointment of the regulator, can a person be recruited from either the private or the public sector?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: So the person appointed as regulator could be a senior public servant in the Revenue Commissioners or in any other area, or could be a chief executive officer of one of the gambling houses in Ireland - a poacher-turned-gamekeeper, for want of a better example?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: At the end of the period, be it the seven-year period or an extension of that, one could have a senior public servant returning to the Department or a senior person from the private sector returning to the private sector.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I will bring in the Deputy again.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendment No. 9 was discussed with amendment No. 8.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: This section relates to matters concerning the appointment, resignation and remuneration of the regulator. We will not go into the application of regulation but the specifics of this section.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: If I could get the Deputy started, I would be happier. Will the Deputy please speak on the section?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I note there are no amendments-----
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Yes, but I remind the Deputy that he is not actually a member of this select sub-committee. I have been quite flexible with him. He is not a member of this select sub-committee-----
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I did not get notification of that other than the Deputy coming in. If he wants to table an amendment, he should do so on Report Stage.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: There are no limits on the Deputy, but if he wants-----
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy should respect the Chair.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: No. The Deputy should respect the rulings of the Chair.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: The ruling of the Chair is that if the Deputy wants to table an amendment, he should do so on Report Stage.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: It should relate to the section.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I am inviting the Deputy to continue. Does he wish to continue?