Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 426: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that any new national lottery licence is Irish language proofed to ensure that the new provider provides services, communications and branding in Irish. [18846/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The National Lottery is currently included in the list of public bodies covered by the Officials Languages Act 2003 which is contained in Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 1(5)(b) of Schedule 1 provides that the Official Languages Act shall apply to a body, organisation or group that at the date of the coming into operation of this Schedule is a public body but subsequently comes under private ownership and control.

Should the holder of the next National Lottery licence be a privately owned firm, under the terms of the Official Languages Act the National Lottery will remain subject to the provisions of that Act.