Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are not finished with this topic. With regard to unclaimed prizes, the contract was signed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. They are the people who gave this contract. I believe then Minister, Deputy Howlin was heavily involved in that legislation in the last Dáil. Regulation is in place since. During the debate on that legislation all of these questions were addressed. The committee will request the secretariat to check the debate on this exact issue and see what assurance the Oireachtas was given on this aspect during the passage of the legislation. The committee will also ask the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to discuss the actual contract it ultimately signed.