Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We deal with a lot of regulators at this committee. I am thinking of bodies like the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, and others. Many, if not all, in their annual reports highlight what they consider to be failures or lack of powers they have in order to do things differently or to improve practices. There has been a lot of debate on the issue of the unclaimed prizes and how that funding is spent. I know that Members have asked questions about the "may" and "shall" aspect of that. If I am correct, Ms Boate's view is that the operator is within its rights to use almost all that money, essentially, for its own administration or marketing costs. Is that the case?