Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is agreed. We move on to No. P00029/14. The petitioner is calling on the Government to introduce a child care tax credit in the upcoming budget, which obviously has now passed. The petitioner advises of more than 1,000 supporting petitioners. We had forwarded this matter to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. After a number of contacts with the Minister's office, we received a response. What we are agreeing on this petition is that we would forward the response to the petitioner, given it is a substantial response and demonstrates some progress on the matter, and that we would close the petition. Is that agreed? Agreed.

We move to No. P00032/14. The petitioner requested that the joint committee call on the Government to introduce a tax on lottery winnings in order to eliminate the universal social charge. We considered this petition on 4 March of this year and agreed to forward to the petitioner correspondence from the Department of Finance, which advised that a tax on lottery winnings would not generate as much as USC. The petitioner has accepted that assessment from the Department and is happy enough for the petition to be closed. That is agreed by our members today.