Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a significant reservation on this. Is the Deputy suggesting that 70% or 80% should go on prizes, and that there is also an operator cost built in? The core reason for its existence, namely, that it benefits the organisation with the licence to run it, is almost zero. As good as it might be for those playing, the Deputy is saying that by the time the prizes are given out and the operator gets its cut, the amount given to the charity, must on those figures, be virtually zero or around 5%. If the beneficiary received so little, it would put into question the whole underlying basis of the licence being issued. If people playing the game marketed as operated in support of X or Y, and knew that X or Y only received 5%, we would be on a very dangerous road.