Search for lottery speaker:John Paul Phelan (KildareStreet.com)

National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2013): John Paul Phelan: I will speak in favour of the legislation and welcome its introduction. Before I refer to it, though, I will discuss the origins of the national lottery. Its establishment was not without political opposition in the 1980s. I acknowledge the role played by a Deputy of many years who was also a Minister of State, Donal Creed. He brought to the then Cabinet a memo on the establishment of a...
Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005): John Paul Phelan: ...idea behind his proposal so it is slightly puzzling to listen to the objections that have been raised. Senator Cummins is basing his proposal on the interdepartmental report on the gaming and the lotteries Acts and I think it is entirely justified. Senator Fitzgerald's and the Government's central difficulty with the proposed legislation has been the question of how to police it. How is...

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