Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 6, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:
“4. The Minister shall, within one month of the enactment of this Bill, bring forward a report outlining how the proceeds from the sale of the National Lottery licence shall be ringfenced for the purposes of meeting the cost of constructing the National Children’s Hospital.”.

I have spoken on this issue before. Although many are not in favour of gambling, the national lottery is part of the national psyche, so that debate is long since over. People like the national lottery. However, nobody likes selling State assets, if that can be avoided.