Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is important that I give some clarification on this. I am anxious to maintain the income flow to good causes. I indicated the amount for good causes would be of the order of 31% of lottery sales, because that was, more or less, last year's pay-out. That figure is not in this legislation nor in the original legislation because it is determined in relation to the prizes and so on. I have asked my officials to consider what would be the most robust way of ensuring that if the lotto grows, we will continue to get a good income flow for good causes. That will be in the licence and the licence will not be subject to change. Neither the operator nor the regulator will be in a position to alter that once it is fixed.