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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Deputy Michael McGrath covered the rejected proposals but they were generally-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: We heard from RGDATA that the age limit is 18 to buy a scratch card or to play lotto, full stop. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Does that 18 years age limit apply to buying lotto tickets or Euromillions draws?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I know the HSE goes into bars to see if 17 year olds can buy packets of cigarettes and get tokens for machines. Is there any system in place to do that, to see whether or not retail agents of the national lottery are compliant? Are they asking 17 year olds for proof of ID? Are they checking to make sure? Lots of people who look 21 years of age might only be 16 or 17, depending on how they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is it being done currently?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Okay. Go ahead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: So Mr. Sloyan does not have any oversight role in terms of the retailer, other than through PLI.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I suppose they are regulating the people who are making them more volume. Is that an appropriate relationship, that they are the regulators of their own agents who are effectively making them more money by however more they sell? Would it not make more sense that Mr. Sloyan and Mr. Donohoe would be the regulators of the retailers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Without getting too convoluted, how has Mr. Sloyan fulfilled that onus on him to review the onus on them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: When Mr. Sloyan says "other areas", what areas would they be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: How would they audit prize-giving?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Surely if somebody comes with a winning ticket they are going to want the money. What level of risk is there other than fraudulent tickets?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Okay, so Mr. Sloyan may be testing retailers. They may put a ticket through the machine, spot it is a win, keep it and not give it to the person.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: They do exist and are being implemented.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is Camelot a part of the PLI consortium?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Does Ireland and the UK have the same operator?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Although the company is new to Ireland their common owner is familiar with lottery operations. Is it reasonable to expect Ireland, as a society, to get similar regulation to the UK? The companies that operate in Ireland and the UK are separate companies but have the same owner. Is it realistic to expect that we will soon have similar regulation? Can we expect to have website information...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: As Senator Paddy Burke mentioned, the Camelot UK website displays a lot more information than the Camelot Ireland or PLI's website. The entities are similar and have the same owner. Presumably, they use the same terminals and provide the same or a similar suite of games. The company produces all of this in the UK. Is it not reasonable and sensible that we get the same information in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I appreciate that the online business is small. Evidence has been given to me that shows people receive a lot of follow-up emails and reminders when draws take place. Is there a lot of that happening? Is it appropriate for people to be constantly bombarded? Perhaps bombarded is too strong a word to describe what happens when one signs up for an app. Everyone is probably almost immune to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I accept they can opt out but perhaps they do not. Perhaps the people who are predisposed to gambling do not opt out. Is it appropriate for people to receive so many reminders to gamble? Gambling is a serious issue.