Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Heads of the Gambling Control Bill 2013: Discussion

11:15 am

Photo of Anne FerrisAnne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour)
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I thank everybody who came in today and made a presentation. Most of the members have gone through the submissions in detail and it was good to hear the main points the witnesses had to make today.

On the Chairman's direction, I will do my best not to make a speech. I suppose it is a little confusing for the lay person who is not involved in the business to differentiate between amusement and gaming. During all of this, I visited a number of places where there machines of both types. There were those claw machines where one takes the little dollies out and also the slot machines, all mixed in together, and I did not think that was right. I am coming to my question. I have two.