Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Comparing regulation of the UK and Irish lotteries, we see no details on the amount raised for good causes in Ireland but the UK regulator has such details. There is no information on ticket allocations or the integrity of the games in Ireland but there is in the UK. The same operator runs the two lotteries. There is no verification of the system by the Irish regulator but there is by the UK regulator. No record is kept of licence breaches in Ireland but there is in the UK. There is only very general material relating to the national lottery licence in the annual reports in Ireland. There is much more stringent regulation in the UK compared with Ireland, but the same operator has both licences. It faces much more stringent regulation in the UK. Does Mr. Sloyan have any proposals to bring the Irish regulator into the same position as the UK regulator?