Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Barry Grant:

Certainly, it was very progressive. Obviously, the online gambling landscape moves quite rapidly but certainly, the snapshot that was taken at that time was a very progressive piece of legislation, the enactment of which we supported and would have encouraged. I think it set the record for the longest-running piece of legislation in the history of the State and still managed not to become enacted. For the sake of the people in Ireland who are affected by gambling, I really hope this Bill does not go the same way.