Results 1-9 of 9 for lottery speaker:Micheál Carrigy

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I want to support the Bill. I am one of the 5,000 agents in the country who has been losing money for the last 20-odd years. In my case it is in the last 15 years as an agent of the national lottery because we do not earn any income from the sales and because the sales are being made in the bookies. The media has highlighted the significant amount - the €60 million-plus - that is...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...accept further such increases, but they need help. In the retail sector, in particular, there are certain areas of the business on which those increases cannot be imposed. If a retailer is a national lottery agent, for instance, there is a set margin. Cigarettes can make up a significant part of a retailer's sales but, under the Finance Acts, it is not possible to put anything on top of...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I fully concur with the views of everyone here. I personally believe gambling should be banned but on the way this is stated, I note Senator Malcolm Byrne mentioned the national lottery, for which an exception must be made. It is regulated separately and is not a for-profit business. It is for good causes. We may have to look at the €160 million that was announced a number of...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (24 Feb 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I fully support the Bill. I must point out at the outset that I am a national lottery agent. It has been in the family since it came out first. We were a ticket agent and when I took over my present business in 2007 I took on the full lottery agent. I want to clarify that the national lottery has a separate regulator. It is not going to be regulated the same as gambling. It is regulated...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (24 Feb 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I just feel that the national lottery is actually more stringently regulated with regard to its agents.

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (24 Feb 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...purchasing in excess of what we feel might be within their means. That does not happen in a bookmakers. Anybody can go in and purchase anything. The figure of 30% was mentioned. The national lottery was set up to create funds for good causes in this country. The use of the national lottery numbers by bookmakers does not provide money for good causes. As an agent, and I am not giving...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (24 Feb 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I wish to make a quick point that I did not make previously. I know that there is a significant number of jobs in the bookmaking industry, but with regard to agencies, there are over 4,000 lottery agencies throughout the country, which are small shops, supermarkets and businesses. The knock-on effect is that a significant number, or tens of thousands of people working in that industry, will...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister of State is very welcome. I am delighted to support this Bill. It is important to state that I am a national lottery agent. I will put that on the record. I speak on behalf of the 5,500 retailers who have licences throughout the country. As I said, I am one of them. Emails were recently sent by another organisation claiming that lobbying took place with regard to putting...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Public Service Broadcasting and Impact of Covid-19 on the Media Sector: Discussion (11 Nov 2020)

Micheál Carrigy: ...seen the decline in sales of the newspapers. I would welcome support for them. I compliment one of the reporters in my local newspaper, Liam Cosgrove, who today won the Local Ireland/National Lottery media award for the newspaper story of the year. I have some questions for Mr. Lynch of RTÉ. I note that he said there are 121 managers. It appears to be a high number for an...