Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

In the context of this urgent problem, which requires public discussion and consideration by Members of the Oireachtas, can the Minister explain why this report has been suppressed by the Government for a year? Can he explain why it was not published a long time ago? Would the Minister agree that gambling, and particularly Internet betting, is ravaging the lives of many young people in their teens and 20s? Has the Government given any consideration as to what policy, if any, it might put in place to tackle that issue?

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