Results 1-8 of 8 for lottery speaker:Joe McHugh

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Furniture Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...the remit of my Department where schools catering for students with special needs can receive funding for playground furniture and equipment, including from dormant accounts money and National Lottery money. However, grant aid is made available to schools under my Department’s Loose Furniture & Equipment Scheme to fund the purchase of special items of furniture for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (19 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: ..., the Logainm website has associated sound files which allow users to listen to the pronunciation of each placename in Irish and English. Dúchas.ie The Dúchas project, co-funded by my Department, with support from the National Lottery and University College Dublin, is the result of a partnership, beginning in 2012, between the National Folklore Collection in UCD, one...

National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2013)

Joe McHugh: I acknowledge the good work the national lottery has done in the past. A total of €12 billion has been invested in various areas over a 25-year period. Many areas have benefited, such as Carrigart, Clonmany, Carrickmacross and Castlecoote. Money was distributed to many areas that otherwise would not have got such benefits. According to the Minister, there is a need to tender for...

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Joe McHugh: ...time expending energy on discussion on what might happen down the line. If we were such great experts on predicting what would happen in future we would go into the grocery shop every day to buy lottery tickets. However, we are gaining a reputation for the work we are trying to do. This is work that needs to be done to stabilise our economy. We need to get away from the idea that in...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (5 Apr 2011)

Joe McHugh: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reallocating funds from the lottery fund to the Exchequer for a specific period of time so that it could be used to reduce public debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6416/11]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (15 Oct 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts of money that have been spent annually by the national lottery in the years 2000 to 2006; the percentages of these annual amounts that have been spent annually by the national lottery on local projects in the same years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36366/09]

Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Joe McHugh: ...debater but there is no issue about which to argue the toss. It is a black and white issue. We are talking about children and young adults under 18 years of age who are not allowed buy a lottery ticket or to go into bookmakers' offices because there is a legal age limit in place. We are talking about gambling among under 18 year olds which is facilitated by a State-sponsored body, namely,...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: ...politicised at the Cabinet table and will be used in a manner which will provide no long-term benefit to the projects which receive the funding in the short term. It is no different from national lottery funding, the only benefit of which is that capital projects have been invested in. However, in terms of the money being well-spent and in terms of value for money, my colleagues in Fine...