Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I ask the witnesses to move on to the issue of unclaimed prizes. Some of this is outside of the control of the witnesses. There are serious questions for the Department and Minister about the 2014 contract, specifically the changes to that contract, which I understand happened midstream and which allowed for unclaimed prizes to be used by the company to promote and advertise the games. Before this, unclaimed prizes all went back into the pool of winnings. The company now gets to use unclaimed prizes for operational costs. I have been trying to get information on the level of unclaimed prizes, how much has gone into special draws and how much is being used for advertising. Are the witnesses aware of those numbers and will they inform the committee about those numbers?