Results 1-20 of 195 for lottery speaker:James Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (28 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: ...maintained on a constituency basis. However, for indicative purposes, the following table sets out projects supported in the Meath and Louth areas. These projects were funded through the National Lottery Scheme administered by my Department, through youth capital grant schemes and through schemes administered by Tusla. Further details relating to projects supported through the Early Years...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (10 Nov 2015)

James Reilly: ...in mind, I am working with my officials to put in place a scheme of modest one-off grants in 2016 for local projects or groups working with children and young people. Rather than using National Lottery funding, the scheme will utilise some of the additional Exchequer funding which I secured for my Department's 2016 Vote as part of Budget 2016. The scheme will be as simple as possible,...

Topical Issues: Child and Family Agency (25 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: ...this year. We would all like to give it more money and, with the Estimates process coming up, we will fight our corner. We gave the agency all the money we could, even giving up our national lottery fund to ensure we could maximise its funding, because it has to deliver the services on the ground. We must, without being overly political, acknowledge that we have come out of the worst...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (23 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 395 and 396 together. The National Lottery Grants distributed by my Department, from 2011 up to 2014 are being forwarded to the Deputy in tabular format as requested. The tables give a brief description of the type of activity, for which funding was applied for by each organisation over the four year period concerned. Whether the funding granted was required...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (13 May 2015)

James Reilly: The Deputy might wish to note that, since its establishment in January 2014, the Child and Family Agency has not administered any National Lottery Grant Scheme. In both 2014 and 2015 the exchequer funding provided to the Agency is directed solely at the provision of services. My own Department did administer a National Lottery scheme in 2014 but due to budgetary circumstances, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (28 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: ...'s funding allocation for 2015 is directed solely at the provision of services. In this regard Tusla does not have discretionary income which could be used for the administration of a National Lottery Grant Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (28 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: ...to support the provision of youth services and in recent years, including 2015, capital funding has been allocated by my Department for capital projects in youth services. My Department will not be administering a National Lottery scheme in 2015.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (19 Feb 2015)

James Reilly: ...help young people develop. The involvement of youth in these programmes is among the highest internationally, which reflects the excellence of the service. On the question as to why the national lottery funding is gone, in the cut and thrust of negotiations with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform we let it go. It would not be absolutely true to say that by letting it go, we...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2015)

James Reilly: The organisation in question was not successful in its request to secure funds under the 2014 National Lottery Funding Scheme and was advised of this in writing by my Department in December 2014. In this regard the Deputy might wish to note that over 800 applications for grant support were received from groups and organisations for funding under this scheme in 2014. The overall value of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (5 Feb 2015)

James Reilly: My Department will not be administering a National Lottery scheme in 2015. In framing the Department's Estimate for 2015, regard had to taken of the many competing demands facing the sector and the overall budgetary envelope available. A number of other Departments are in receipt of National Lottery funding in 2015, including the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. The specific...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015)

James Reilly: I will deal with the Deputy's last question first. I cannot find the reference at the moment, but I know the answer to the question. That is national lottery funding and we decided this year that it would provide just a one-off lottery grant to various services. We made the decision together with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to forego that lottery funding in order to...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015)

James Reilly: To be technically correct, we handed that money back to the Exchequer because the national lottery does not directly give us money; it gives money to the Exchequer which in turn hands it to us. We hand it back to the Exchequer when we do not take it. We got a reasonably good deal, in so far as for that €900,000 plus we got €26 million extra for the agency.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: My Department has a funding provision this year of some €900,000 in respect of National Lottery Funding. In excess of 800 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and organisations. The current value of these applications amounts to approximately €8 million which far exceeds the available resources. The organisation to which the Deputy refers is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: My Department has a funding provision this year of some €900,000 in respect of National Lottery Funding. In excess of 800 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and organisations. The current value of these applications amounts to approximately €8 million which far exceeds the available resources. The organisation to which the Deputy refers is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: My Department has a funding provision this year of some €900,000 in respect of National Lottery Funding. In excess of 800 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and organisations. The current value of these applications amounts to approximately €8 million which far exceeds the available resources. The organisation to which the Deputy refers is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Budgets (1 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: ... 14,948 23,795 D. Youth Services 23,790 30,256 E. School CompletionProgramme 28,951 207 F. Visiting Teacher Service for Travellers 199 500 G. Grants to community organisations (part funded by the National Lottery) 500 1,000 H.. Statutory and non-statutory inquiries and miscellaneous fees and settlements 255 31,468 I. Developmental, consultative,supervisory, regulatory and advisory...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (30 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: My Department has a funding provision this year of some €900,000 in respect of National Lottery Funding. In excess of 800 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and organisations. The current value of these applications amounts to approximately €8 million which far exceeds the available resources. The organisation to which the Deputy refers is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations, providing a range of health related services. If an organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding they should send in a formal application. Detailed procedures along with the application form are set out on the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (2 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department has received an application for funding from the 2014 National Lottery allocation from the organisation in question. This is one of a large number of applications currently being assessed. The organisation will be informed of the outcome of the application as soon as a decision has been made.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations, providing a range of health related services. If an organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding they should send in a formal application. Detailed procedures along with the application form are set out on the Department's...