Support for Maltese publications

Mary Mizzi

Dec 29th 2009, 23:50

@Michelle Pirotta

Isn't the Community Chest Fund a good enough cause for transfer of funds from the Good Causes Fund?

I feel it is. At the end of the day, as you said so yourself, it is from the lotteries' income, and it is thePeople's money being transferred back for good causes within the Communmityu.

That is what the Community Chest Fund is all about.

Michelle Pirotta

Dec 28th 2009, 20:17

@Mary Mizzi Re Good Causes Fund...this has nothing to do with the Community Chest Fund - but as a former beneficiary (after having been refused twice) I know there is a well-established set of rules available on finance.gov.mt, you have to submit an application, be evaluated by a committee, and submit receipts. However, I believe its scope is very different from CCF. CCF supports, you know - children and other people with rare diseases, conditions etc - ; the good causes fund supports these type of publications, restoration of historical places, organisation of cultural events, and so on. It is managed by the minister of finance simply as money - as the name implies -comes from the lotteries' income, which is administered by the finance ministry, so I cannot see any sense in allowing the president to manage it.

Franco Farrugia

Dec 28th 2009, 19:38

@ Mary Mizzi - With all due respect, I have now had it up to my eyeballs with this nonsensical farce of referring to the 'people's president'! What 'people's president'? Surely he was not elected by the people; he was elected by Nationalist PM Lawrence Gonzi; there were surely presidents before him who did splendid work in their own way - so why start all this fuss as soon as the present President is mentioned? For goodness' sake, give it a break! He's human, like the rest of us!

Jeremy Falzon

Dec 28th 2009, 17:13

@ Mary Mizzi Good question you asked: Why not consider merging the National Lotteries Good Causes Fund with the Community Chest Fund? Simple answer: Because otherwise the Hon. Minister will not have goodies to distribute where they will have the most positive political impact.

Mary Mizzi

Dec 28th 2009, 16:30

How does one make a claim with the National Lotteries Good Causes Fund ?


Who considers such a claim and on what grounds is itaccepted or refused?

With the Community Chest Fund there is an identified procedure that is followed and under the Chairmanship of President Abela , one looks optimistically at the accountability and transparency promised.

It would be a fund for all the people by the people managed by the Head of State, the people's President, where all calims will be evaluated with due responsability and fairness.

Why not?

Denis A. Darmanin

Dec 28th 2009, 15:15

And to whom one is supposed to turn to for their work of many years of research in a particular Maltese historical subject to be published, when most publishers, foundations and other institution turn you down for possible sponsorship by claiming that its not a profitable financial endeveor? One can understand that an investment by private publishing firms need to be sustainable, so where else can we look? Although a subject of Melitensia, if the particular subject is not a widely popular topic locally, then you might as well pack up and give up. Or take the possibility overseas!

Mary Mizzi

Dec 28th 2009, 11:58

Why not consider consider merging the National Lotteries Good Causes Fund with the Community Chest Fund under the able management and Chairmanship of the President's office?