Ms Carol Boate:

I do not think it is a matter for me how the Government and the Oireachtas regulates the gambling sector. I have a very narrow role, which is to regulate the national lottery. It is possibly unique as I have not yet found another regulator who regulates only one company. That is what I do. My job is to procure the services of a company to run the national lottery and ensure that the company runs it in line with the Act and the licence. How the entire wider gambling sector is regulated is not a matter for me and I do not think it would be appropriate for me to comment.