Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

There are people who are highly addicted to this type of gaming. If limits are increased a hundred-fold, does that mean the shop will take the next step and bump limits up again? There is a culture of operating in an illegal manner. It could be viewed that this House is effectively stating that it will legalise what we know certain businesses have been doing illegally for a number of years. The culture of people who own these businesses is that they will continue to provide the services on an illegal basis.

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