Seanad debates

Tuesday, 9 December 2003

I also seek a debate on the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes company, which was the subject of an interesting television programme recently. It was the source of much of the corruption that has been going on in this country. A well known commentator dismissed it all on RTE's "The Sunday Show" programme saying, "Ah well, sure it's all over now and they got the hospitals, didn't they?" Some 90% of the money raised by the sweepstakes went into the pockets of profiteers who did not pay tax on it, while the hospitals got 10% and had to pay tax. It is disgraceful that the women who were exploited in the sweepstakes head office were turfed out onto the side of the road without a pension. If we do not remember these matters and examine them, we will never reach the conclusion of this type of corruption in public life.

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