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National Lottery

14 questions from 7 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.

14
questions
14 written, 0 oral
7
TDs have asked
5
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20251
February 20250
March 20250
April 20254
May 20252
June 20250
July 20250
August 20250
September 20251
October 20250
November 20250
December 20250
January 20261
February 20260
March 20260
April 20260
May 20260
June 20264
July 20260
August 20260
September 20260
October 20261

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Fianna Fáil4 from 2 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael3 from 1 TD · 38 seats today
  • Green Party1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent4 from 1 TD · 15 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 4
  2. 3
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 1

The questions

Roderic O'Gorman Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
700. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of lottery permit applications received by each Garda district superintendent for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [73858/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Public Expenditure
275. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the quantum of unclaimed prizes at the National Lottery annually for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and the percentage that was used to further advertise the National Lottery's products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47444/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Justice
524. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he would consider bringing the National Lottery under the remit of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland to ensure standardisation of the regulatory framework and a level playing field with other licensed operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47441/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Justice
525. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in light of concerns raised by experts in gambling addiction, if the strict advertising regime which will apply to all gambling companies under the Gambling Regulation Act will also be applied to the National Lottery; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47442/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Justice
526. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration following last year's ESRI report identifying lotteries and scratch cards as among the most widely used gambling products, if he would now consider extending oversight of the National Lottery to the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47443/26]
Erin McGreehan Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Public Expenditure
425. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the national lottery reform report which an organisation (details supplied) undertook; the key steps that have taken place; the indicative timeline on the next steps of the reform; the reform options his Department will carry out especially with a view to creating an open fund; …
Aidan Farrelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
612. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of sanctions imposed and the nature of same by the Regulator of the National Lottery on the licence holder of national lotteries in the past ten years to 1 September 2025. [44727/25]
Barry Ward Written 29 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
133. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the position regarding any systems put in place to ensure the integrity of the national lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28080/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 22 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
184. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined where a claim and complaint made to the National Lottery Ireland was not properly investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26492/25]
Albert Dolan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
639. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the national lottery reform report by an organisation (details supplied); the key steps that have taken place; and the indicative timeline on the next steps of the reform. [19408/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
640. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the national lottery reform report by an organisation (details supplied); the key steps that have taken place; and the indicative timeline on the next steps of the reform. [19409/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
641. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the national lottery reform; which reform options his Department will be carrying out especially with a view to creating an open fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19410/25]
Barry Ward Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
110. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the position regarding any systems put in place systems to ensure the integrity of the National Lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16314/25]
Barry Ward Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Public Expenditure
411. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will support restrictions on the use of the National Lottery infrastructure by other organisations, particularly for gambling purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2075/25]