Results 1-5 of 5 for lottery speaker:Eamonn Coghlan

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: ...just for Dublin but for the country as a whole. It would be a place to welcome not just domestic tourists but visitors from overseas. Mechanisms could be used to secure the land, and the National Lottery Bill amendments allow for environmental interests to be included in the list of causes that the national lottery can support. I am aware that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs,...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: ...déja vu because on 26 May last, we had a similar debate on this motion. I am somewhat confused because I cannot understand how the motion is reappearing, particularly at a time when the National Lottery Bill 2012 is being debated in the Dáil. In a few weeks, when the Dáil has finished debating all Stages, it will be sent to the Seanad for the Second, Committee, Report and Final...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: In any event, I hope all Members have bought their lottery tickets because in one hour we will go into a draw. I remember when the then Minister, Donal Creed, introduced the national lottery in the 1980s. At the time, the funds were to go to sports and the arts. I am delighted to say that sport has definitely benefited throughout the years. In the London Olympic Games we saw the great...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: -----where no licence is enforced, the regulator can hold and procure the holding of the national lottery to ensure the national lottery is run with all due propriety; to ensure the interests of the participants in the national lottery are protected; to ensure revenues allocated to good causes are as great as possible; and to monitor and enforce compliance by the operators. The Minister has...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)

Eamonn Coghlan: ...Senator O'Donnell's words and her motion. However, I am not sure I agree with the motion or support it, in particular having heard the Minister's response that this is not a sale of the national lottery but a tendering process for the licence. I remember in 1983 or 1984 the then Minister of State, Mr. Donal Creed, with responsibility for schools building and sport, who during the...