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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Yes, "shall", "may" and similar wording.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: If I was running the national lottery, I would have a good argument with Mr. Donohoe about "shall" or "may" if he decided to poke around in my figures. That is not his fault----- The Chairman is correct in that we have no role in the proportion that goes into, say, three buckets with one being for prizes, one for the promotion of the national lottery and one for what is left over for good...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: I am trying to establish if the quality, or otherwise, of the agreement that was entered into. It seems from some media reports there is a basis for doubt around how that contract was constructed and put in place but I am not asking the regulator to comment on this. Deputy Pearse Doherty mentioned earlier whether the other bidder in this case knew all of this. I am only posing that as a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Who deems it to be commercially sensitive? Is it Ms Boate or a company telling her that it is commercially sensitive?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: That Act refers to the what is in the public interest.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Given the public interest and the media attention around this in terms of the lottery, how it is operated, the old licence versus the current one, all that detail and following on from that the activities of the new company, the prizes, the unclaimed prizes and whatever else, and given that information is available without it being supported or challenged, surely, in the public interest, if...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Who is responsible for the freedom of information requests within the national lottery?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Has the witness ever had freedom of information requests?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Were they in the context of what we have been talking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: I go back to the public interest element of the freedom of information request.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: I believe it is "of public interest" and "in the public interest" that this matter needs to laid to rest in terms of the general picture that could be painted through the office of the witness, through freedom of information. That is the point I am trying to address here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: In terms of the Minister, what information does the witness give to the Minister in regard to the operation and regulation of the licence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: He or she does not get to see any of the detail but general matters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Is the regulator concerned by the significant growth in the number of outlets?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Has the witness measured that oversight and support against the outlets?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Are the results of any of those reports made available publicly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: I know the licence is there for 20 years. Does the witness have the facility within this arrangement, and in the context of the independence of her office, to be able to say to the Minister that the office has been doing this for a while and there are maybe four, five or six different areas the Minister should look at?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: I refer to corporate social responsibility and I return to something Senator Conway-Walsh raised. The company may not be obliged to give part of its profits to support those who find themselves addicted, in one way or another, to these games or to betting. However, maybe it is something the company, given the profits it is making, might consider if a nudge was given in that direction that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: I will leave the witness with that thought.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)
John McGuinness: Another committee will be having a meeting in this room shortly.