Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Will the regulator have a part to play in this? There has been, up to now, a bit of boundaryless meshing of where lottery moneys come in and where they go, not in a dishonest way but with a general boundarylessness. As I said earlier, there are accusations out there, be they true or not, that certain constituencies get more than others. While I do not mean that in an accusatory way, people have that perception. Having worked in a part of the city that needed lottery funding very badly for 25 years and was often at the bottom of the pile, I want to know if the Minister envisages that the regulator would have a part to play in how these lottery funds were distributed, in fairness and objectivity, which might allay Senator Byrne's fears?