Results 381-400 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: I welcome Mr. Dermot Griffin, chief executive officer, and Mr. Eddie Banville, head of marketing, from Premier Lotteries Ireland, and Mr. Liam Sloyan, the recently appointed national lottery regulator. Mr. Griffin and Mr. Sloyan will make some opening remarks and a question and answer session will follow to clarify any matters. I remind members, witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: The Deputy's time has concluded. We will return to his questions if we have time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: Would the Senator like answers to his questions today, or would he like them to be provided after the meeting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: He will not get them today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: The Senator could submit his questions and I will forward them to the witnesses, because I do not think it is possible for them even to attempt to answer them in 30 seconds. I will ensure they are answered in detail.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: They are always submitted to the other members of the committee. As Senator Conway is sitting in for Senator D’Arcy, he will receive them in due course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: I must ask the Deputy to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: Perhaps Mr. Sloyan might answer some of the previous questions and make his own comments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: I must stop Mr. Sloyan because we must move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: We must move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: Three members wish to contribute. They have five minutes each.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: There is interruption from a phone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: I will ask the regulator to come back in again after Senator Conway has spoken.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: During the course of the meeting, no substantive figures were presented to support some of the charges being made. There was a certain degree of upheaval in the introduction of this new system, which was essentially built from a brand new platform. There have been three outages of the national lottery system, which suggests a technological problem. Some people argue that broadband is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: When can we expect Mr. Sloyan to publish his review?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: We also would like to receive updates from Mr. Sloyan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: If the Senator submits his questions in writing I will have them responded to in writing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: We received a briefing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Liam Twomey: It will be recirculated.