Ms Sharon Byrne:

Currently there is no regulated online service for Ireland but our online operators subscribe to the services of GAMSTOP, which is a self-exclusion database in the UK. Once a customer registers on GAMSTOP then he or she is instantly prevented from betting at any licensed online operator in the UK. In our submission, we fully support that model here. We have suggested that maybe the regulator would discuss it with GAMSTOP. I have spoken with GAMSTOP and it is willing to extend this to Ireland, and to discuss it with the regulator.