Results 1-8 of 8 for lottery speaker:Michael D'Arcy
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: ...to establish a social fund to assist in counteracting the ill effects for society, as well as for persons and their families, of irresponsible gambling. The scheme does not include the national lottery whose activities are separately regulated under the National Lottery Act 2013. Having been given special responsibility in this area, the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, is working to...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: ...to establish a social fund to assist in counteracting the ill effects for society, as well as for persons and their families, of irresponsible gambling. The scheme does not include the national lottery, whose activities are separately regulated under the National Lotteries Act 2013. Having been given special responsibility in this area, the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, is working...
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Michael D'Arcy: ...but we should have been inventive in that regard. The lid tax could have been considered in that there was a prospect of taxing an unopened vessel, whether it is a tin or a bottle. I welcome the €200 million stimulus from the sale of the licence for the national lottery. I do not see anybody here from the Department of Finance and I am wondering to whom I am making this request.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
Michael D'Arcy: ...No. 1: To delete all words after '"Seanad Ãireann"' and substitute the following: "welcomes the decision of the Government to hold a competition for the next licence to operate the National Lottery for the period 2013-2033 in compliance with EU legal requirements; recognises the major achievements to date of the National Lottery and the widespread support of the Irish public for the...
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
Michael D'Arcy: ...we are required to move State assets that we can move today, if necessary. We have held a debate with Senator Barrett on the importance or otherwise of certain assets. We are not selling a lottery. We are putting up a licence for tender. That is an important aspect that we cannot simply ignore. I agree with some of the points made. The slush fund ability of the way the sports capital...
- School Accommodation (30 Mar 2010)
Michael D'Arcy: .... It is a very unfair position that children find themselves in. In one situation where there were two students to attend a community school, three miles away, one child's name was drawn in the lottery and the other was not. The lottery was held in the presence of a garda, on behalf of the community school, so that everything was seen to be above board. This is a crazy scenario, but I...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (6 May 2009)
Michael D'Arcy: ...and Tourism the locations at which, following the reduction of 4% in the budget for grants for sporting bodies and the provision of sports and recreational facilities part funded from the national lottery, the â¬56 million will be spent; the projects and the way each of the successful projects are adjudicated upon; the qualifying criteria for these projects; the person who decides which...
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (27 Nov 2007)
Michael D'Arcy: Question 374: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the closing date for local groups to apply for funding from the national lottery. [31081/07]