Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Regulation of Gambling Sector: Discussion

Photo of Mick WallaceMick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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This is my last point. In February, I asked a parliamentary question about the amount of funding allocated to gambling addiction services in each of the years from 2015 to 2018. Strangely, I was told by the HSE that apportionment of funding dedicated solely to gambling addiction services cannot be extracted from overall funding, which I do not really understand. Has the Department ever sought this information from the Department of Health or the HSE? Surely knowing the amount we spend on gambling addiction services would be useful and inform the Department's policy?