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Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

John Perry: I welcome everybody here. Mr. Hamill has a huge footprint across the country in all the different areas he covers. I have a brief question about changes to national lottery funding. How effective is that funding and how regional is its spread?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

John Perry: There was always a community focus to the utilisation of the profits from the national lottery. Has there been a diminution of this since it was handed over to Camelot?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Organ Donation (14 Feb 2013)

John Perry: ...interactions with the Irish Donor Network. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, is due to meet with representatives of the Irish Donor Network next Monday. Funding has been provided through the national lottery to support the organ donor awareness campaign over a number of years. I wish to take this opportunity to share with the House some initiatives which are under way which will serve to...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2006)

John Perry: ...to overcome the infrastructural deficit, but this Government does not recognise that to any great extent. People who work tirelessly and appeal for a paltry grant feel they have won the national lottery when they get €200,000, but it is small change. That is why the critical infrastructural deficit affects schools, sports amenities and child care facilities. That is where the State has...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (6 Oct 2005)

John Perry: ...that only one in four Garda stations can use the PULSE system considering Ireland has some of the best technology world wide. It is not rocket science. Let us consider the example of the national lottery system and its interactive games that are found in every town and village in the country. It is extraordinary that technology that pays out cash prizes instantly has been in place since...

The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (6 Oct 2005)

John Perry: ...by a prospective employer in certain fields, such as for persons of extraordinary ability in the fields of science, business or sporting achievements. The third way is through the diversity lottery programme. Irish citizens can in November of each year apply for a lottery held in the United States. It will again be on offer from November of this year and people can apply for it. I call on...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

John Perry: ...of Public Accounts must ensure the established criteria for drawing down funds are followed and that the fund will be independently audited. Over the years, Ministers have exploited the national lottery. Looking at the funding and its disbursement, it has been predominantly in the location of the line Minister of the time. We are fortunate that the voluntary sector is so effective. It is...