National Lottery (Ireland) to receive lottery funding. On 3 October 2013, Minister Howlin announced that the government had agreed to sell the National Lottery licence for €405 million to Premier Lotteries Ireland, a consortium comprising An Post, An Post pension funds, and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (owner of the Camelot Group, operators of the UK National Lottery). Dermot Griffin, head of the An Post National Lottery Company since 2006, was appointed chief executive of Premier Lotteries Ireland. Other existing senior management were also retained. Executives from the Camelot Group, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and An Post were appointed to the board
YouthBank UK Youth Council", "Changemakers", the "Community Foundation Network", the "National Youth Agency" and "The Prince's Trust", who became"YB UK"'s consortium partners, set up seven pilot YouthBanks, in Bristol, Bradford, Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Wales. In September 2001, "YB UK" was successful in securing a million pound, grant from the "Community Fund", to develop a Central Development Unit to expand the pilot "YB UK" projects. "YB UK" received major grants from "Comic Relief", the "Football Foundation", the "Department for Education and Skills" and "Skills National Voluntary Youth Organisation" and the "Big Lottery Fund"'s "Young