Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank everyone for being here today and for being so honest. Ms Byrne spoke about self-regulation on credit cards. I have brought forward the Betting (Prohibition on Use of Credit Cards) Bill 2021, which is on Second Stage in the Dáil at the moment, for a complete ban on the use of credit cards for gambling in shops and online. I do not believe that people should be able to gamble with money they do not have. I am aware that many of the bookmaker organisations have signed up to it, but I believe that it must be a complete ban or it will not be enforceable.

The Irish Bookmakers Association has 800 retail betting units. How many of those are independents?