Results 1-20 of 44 for lottery speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...are adult themes for children. This is a completely different viewpoint, but it is not really because it feeds into our lack of distinction. I remember railing against the sale of the national lottery to build the children's hospital, but understanding why it was necessary in order to find €400 million. We have only now turned the sod on it and are still rowing about the project....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...that €5,000 from some corporate organisation. How big an application would warrant €5,000? I believe someone who ran for the Presidency of this country once had a job doing applications for the lottery. Am I right on that? Why should it cost €5,000? With his experience, will Mr. Byrne tell me where the power lies? If he could shift it, what would he shift and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is. Creatively, I want to know what Mr. Begg would have done there. We sold our lottery for €460 million to the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Why, if there are 150,000 pension schemes here, were we incapable of holding on to that or would Mr. Begg see a place where that might happen in the future? What was wrong with us that we did not have the facility to buy that...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I stand to relay a bit of very good news. We have a lottery regulator, Mr. Liam Sloyan. Although he exists, I cannot find him because he has not yet taken up his position. He exists in the ether. I am delighted he exists because he has much to answer for and to look after with the lottery, which was taken out of Irish hands and sold in order to build the children's hospital.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes. He was very kindly going to answer the question yesterday and I now have the answer. The Irish lottery has seen much debacle and I just wanted to let Senators know that although the regulator exists, he has not yet taken office. It is being dealt with by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. There is a second issue which is not such good news. Will the Leader invite the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...when he intends to do that. The second question is for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin. I was one of the lone speakers who opposed the sale of the national lottery. When is the lottery regulator being put in place, having been promised as a great white hope? I was totally against the sale of the lottery and I am still against it. I think it will...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have three questions for the Leader. Will he bring the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, to the House so he can let us know the progress with regard to the lottery regulator? I do not know who that is. We were promised a lottery regulator but I do not know if one has been appointed. If somebody has, will he or she make him- or herself known to us? When will the...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...argument, and I do not blame them. I need the Minister to convince me that the plebiscite will work, will be watertight and cannot, as some Senators have suggested, be realigned like the lottery was realigned overnight and given to Camelot and the teachers of Canada. I was a lone voice in the wind on that issue. I continue to hold to the idea that water should be retained in public...

Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...the legislation is loose and wayward. It can be interpreted or realigned to suit a purpose. I do not trust it and the people do not trust it. I stood alone here when we discussed the national lottery and the legislation was changed. The beet went; the infrastructure of our telecommunications went. We do not trust it. It is also entangled with a private-public company, Bord Gáis...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: No, for the budget. Because without the €405 million from the lottery, there would be no budget. That is what the Government got from Camelot and An Post for the lottery licence - €405 million. Over the past 25 years the lottery has made €12,000 million and every year it has given €232 million after it has paid out to good causes. Camelot got the lottery on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to come to the House to explain to us the details of the sale of the lottery licence. What are the details surrounding the €405 million we are to get upfront? Who is repaying what? What are An Post and Camelot putting in and what are we paying back for the upfront payment? What is the interest rate on the figure of €405...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...42 never previously elected Senators never sent back one Bill. Some of the Independents tried, some of the Opposition tried and some Labour Party Senator tried. Social welfare legislation, the sale of the lottery, banking, disability cuts and housing legislation - not a single Bill was sent back. We all know why.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...42 never previously elected Senators never sent back one Bill. Some of the Independents tried, some of the Opposition tried and some Labour Party Senator tried. Social welfare legislation, the sale of the lottery, banking, disability cuts and housing legislation - not a single Bill was sent back. We all know why.

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...months ago in the Lower House, the Upper House and at the committees, lobbying for Camelot. For those who may have forgotten, Camelot is a very cash rich gaming company which runs the British lottery and it has made a bid to run the Irish lottery. We are selling the Irish lottery for 20 years for money up-front. This is the great idea of the Government and the Minister for Public...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is interesting to hear Fianna Fáil mention God and the lottery in the same sentence. I have championed the non-sale of the lottery over the past seven or eight months. It has been a wonderful learning experience. I now know how to take on a Bill and understand amendments. I understand the way that politics works and how Bills are passed in the House. I have also never considered...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 13: In page 23, to delete line 28.I have nothing more to say. I question and oppose the opening up of the national lottery for online gambling. I know it is being done and that it is an upfront payment. We all know that. I am against it and am worried about how one would constrain it and extract the money and how, if one does not constrain it, there is an explosion....

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Will the regulator have a part to play in this? There has been, up to now, a bit of boundaryless meshing of where lottery moneys come in and where they go, not in a dishonest way but with a general boundarylessness. As I said earlier, there are accusations out there, be they true or not, that certain constituencies get more than others. While I do not mean that in an accusatory way, people...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Will the regulator have a part to play in this? There has been, up to now, a bit of boundaryless meshing of where lottery moneys come in and where they go, not in a dishonest way but with a general boundarylessness. As I said earlier, there are accusations out there, be they true or not, that certain constituencies get more than others. While I do not mean that in an accusatory way, people...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...people have asked me why I am so upset about all of this because I should be aware that the moneys for good causes will be ring-fenced. I know that, but the fact is the Irish people own the whole lottery, not just the good causes. Therefore, it is not as if we are gifting back the good causes to ourselves. Why is it the 30.5% is not specified in the Bill? Is that because it will...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...€500 million? Maybe we could ask Mr. Richie Boucher for his salary? He has a lot of money from his salary. I am not being smart, but can the Minister tell me what will be extracted from the lottery for this upfront payment? What will continue to be extracted? Will we Senators know that? I know the Minister's heart is in the right place, but is this not the privatisation of...