Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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We accept the figures we have been given by Ms Boate. I want to separate two matters. One is that from the operation of the lottery and in terms of what is claimed and everything else, we know that between 27% and 28.5% goes to good causes. We accept that. We will park that for a minute. I am asking a different question about unclaimed prize money. There is more than €20 million a year in unclaimed prizes. Does Ms Boate think it would be a good idea to have a measure here, similar to what the British lottery does, such that all that money, or the bulk of it, would go to good causes? I am just asking about the unclaimed prize money. That is the element I want Ms Boate to stick with.