Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 December 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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No. We know about the 98% and the 2%. Can Mr. Algeo see that people watching who buy lotto tickets or scratch cards day in, day out, or week in, week out, might be irked by the fact that the national lottery spent 98% of the unclaimed prize money on advertising and a mere 2% on additional prize money?