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]
Topics / National Lottery
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsNational Lottery
14 questions from 7 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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; …
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]