Results 1-20 of 44 for lottery speaker:Alan Shatter

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (11 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The decision was taken in 2012, because of the urgent need to make savings in Government expenditure, that the Charitable Lotteries Scheme could no longer be sustained. Beneficiaries were advised in October 2012 that it would be phased out on a gradual basis over a 3 year period, with the first reduction taking effect in late 2013. This is in order to give affected organisations as much...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (11 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Beneficiaries of the Charitable Lotteries Scheme were advised by way of a letter from me dated 5th October 2012 that this Scheme would be phased out over a 3 year period, with effect from late 2013. This gradual phase out is intended to give affected organisations as much time as possible to adjust to the change and to consider how they may increase the funding they receive through other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (11 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Beneficiaries of the Charitable Lotteries Scheme were advised by way of a letter from me dated 5th October 2012 that this Scheme would be phased out over a 3 year period, with effect from late 2013. This gradual phase out is intended to give affected organisations as much time as possible to adjust to the change and to consider how they may increase the funding they receive through other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: ...information sought by the Deputy is not available in the Department of Justice and Equality. As already confirmed in Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 29 January 2014, a breakdown of net profit by lottery product type was not supplied for those years by Rehab.

Seanad: Charities Sector: Statements (4 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: ...services to which the charity is dedicated. Charities have an ethical obligation to meet this expectation as best they can. Where the method of fund-raising involves the sale of a product such as a lottery ticket or scratch card, this obligation is no different. Charities using such methods need to bear this in mind when determining the proportion of funds raised that are used in the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: ...fund to reorganise and recalibrate their fund-raising activities to ensure they have maximised use for charitable purposes of moneys donated by members of the public, be it through the purchase of scratch cards, lottery cards or any other type of draw in which they have been engaged. I was concerned to ensure there was not an instant reduction in the funding available but I had concerns,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (29 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Charitable Lotteries Scheme was established in 1997 to provide assistance to the promoters of certain private charitable lotteries that have products similar to products sold by the National Lottery. From its establishment until 2011, the Charitable Lotteries Fund was administered by the Department of Finance. In mid 2011 responsibility for its administration was transferred to my...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Second Stage (21 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: ...and Equality extend, I have given detailed consideration to the question of the appropriate use of donated funds by charities. In June 2011, responsibility for the operation of the charitable lotteries scheme was transferred from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to the Department of Justice and Equality. I wish to say at the outset that there are two cases currently before...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: The allocation from my Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities, as part of the Charitable Lotteries Scheme, in each of the past three years is as follows: Charity 2011 Funding (€) 2012 Funding (€) 2013 Funding (€) Rehab Group 3,905,661.42 3,923,659.43 2,581,293.36 Gael Linn 436,262.33 454,274.93 319,194.87 Asthma Society of Ireland ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Service Reform Plan Update (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: ...previous Government announced that the National Sail Training Scheme was to be discontinued and the funding for 2010 was cancelled. Up to and including 2009, the company had been receiving funding from the National Lottery of approximately €800,000 per annum. The formal wind up of the Company including voluntary strike off with the Companies Registration Office was completed in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Betting Legislation (18 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...Department is preparing new legislation to control and licence gambling. The Gambling Control Bill will update and replace all existing laws on gambling (other than those relating to the National Lottery). The Government approved the General Scheme in July this year and it has been available on the Department's website since then. The Scheme has also been considered by the Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (18 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...remote gambling. The correspondence refers to that new legislation. The Gambling Control Bill will update all existing laws on the regulation of betting and gaming (other than the National Lottery). The Government approved the General Scheme in July this year. The Scheme has also been considered by the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality and the Committee's Report has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charitable Lotteries Scheme (22 Oct 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Charitable Lotteries Scheme was established in 1997 to provide assistance to the promoters of certain private charitable lotteries that have products similar to products sold by the National Lottery. Assistance under the Scheme was originally drawn solely from the National Lottery surplus but, as with other National Lottery funded subheads, it is now drawn also from exchequer funds. From...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charitable Lotteries Scheme (22 Oct 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Charitable Lotteries Scheme was established in 1997 to provide assistance to the promoters of certain private charitable lotteries that have products similar to products sold by the National Lottery. This funding was originally drawn from the National Lottery surplus but, as with other National Lottery funded subheads, it is now drawn also from exchequer funds. Because of the urgent need...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (16 Oct 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Charitable Lotteries Scheme was established in 1997 to provide assistance to the promoters of certain private charitable lotteries that have products similar to products sold by the National Lottery. This funding was originally drawn from the National Lottery surplus but, as with other National Lottery funded subheads, it is now drawn also from exchequer funds. Because of the urgent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charitable Lotteries Scheme (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: Beneficiaries of the Charitable Lotteries Scheme were advised in October 2012 that the Scheme would be phased out over a 3 year period beginning in late 2013. This is necessitated by the urgent need to make savings in Government expenditure across many programmes. The Scheme is being phased out on this gradual basis in order to give affected organisations as much time as possible to adjust to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Charitable Lotteries Fund was established in 1997 to provide assistance to the promoters of certain private charitable lotteries that have products similar to products sold by the National Lottery. The Fund was originally drawn from the National Lottery surplus but, as with other National Lottery funded subheads, it is now drawn also from exchequer funds. The decision was taken in 2012,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (5 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...the maximum number to be permitted as well as determining the maximum permitted size. The Deputy is, no doubt, aware that, currently, casino gaming is prohibited by section 4(1) of the Gaming & Lotteries Act 1956, as amended. As a result, casinos cannot be licensed. Nevertheless, there are numerous 'private members clubs' offering, in effect, casino gaming. Prosecutions for breaches...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (27 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am considering alterations to the maximum prize funds for lotteries coming within sections 27 and 28 of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956. Section 33 of the National Lottery Act 1986 sets out the procedure to be followed in the event of the alterations to those sections, i.e. they are to be made by Statutory Instrument. Apart from the situation mentioned above, I have no plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (29 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Charitable Lotteries Fund was established in 1997 to provide assistance to the promoters of certain private charitable lotteries that have products similar to products sold by the National Lottery. The Fund was originally drawn from the National Lottery surplus but, as with other National Lottery funded subheads, it is now drawn also from exchequer funds. From its establishment until...