Dr. Jenny Mack:

Our colleagues Dr. Helen McAvoy and Dr. Ciara Reynolds have done a great deal of research on the impact of gambling on health. We know that it is associated with serious health harms, including mental ill-health and suicide, and is a driver of poverty. As a result, this is an incredibly important public health issue. I suppose it also ties in with our work on the commercial determinants of health, because we know that people who gamble at harmful levels generate 60% of gambling revenue. There is a commercial interest there as well. We do a lot of work on the social and commercial determinants of health.

My colleagues, Dr. Reynolds and Dr. McAvoy, have been involved in publishing some research over the past year looking at the exposure of gambling marketing to the population in Ireland. They have also looked at suicide as an outcome of problem gambling and the association with young people, and young males in particular. I am sorry I do not have the details in front of me, but I would be more than happy to share the research with the committee.