Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 November 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund

9:30 am

Mr. Derek Donohoe:

In answer to your first question, Chairman, on whether I find it odd, I do not find it odd because the operator is operating in its commercial interests. The operator is looking at the clause in the contract between it and the State. Clause 6.9 states that it shall determine how it uses that money “solely for the promotion of the National Lottery”.