Mr. Martin Le Jeune:

I thank the Senator for raising that point. It is really interesting. I endorse what Mr. Grant has said. If the new regulator does anything, one of the most crucial things it must do is improve the research base we have for understanding gambling behaviour in the State compared with Great Britain. That is fundamental. There simply is not enough research. A point worth making, however, is that research that has been done in the Republic, such as the recent report on gambling behaviour in Ireland by the Health Research Board, HRB, looks remarkably similar in terms of the prevalence of problem gambling and other issues to the Great Britain market. While I would never apply a set of data to another country and say they must be similar, there are similarities with which we can work and the regulator will be able to prove or disprove that proposition. That is one of the best reasons for having it.