Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion

Ms Sharon Byrne:

We fund the whole service provided by Cuan Mhuire for residential treatment. We fund the helpline and all the counsellors. We set up the national helpline 14 years ago. We have been funding counsellors in every county since and not once in those 14 years has the service run out of funding or needed more. It has never been short of anything. We have provided those resources every step of the way. It is done by the betting sector and some of our large operators are very generous and helpful in the area. The Irish Bookmakers Association collects the money and gives it to the Gambling Awareness Trust, so no gambling operator funds this directly. Mr. Le Jeune might answer the other question.

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