Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

According to the legislative programme, publication of the gambling control Bill, the purpose of which is to update and consolidate the law on betting and gambling, is expected in early 2015. Given the high level of advertising and marketing of gambling on television, telephone apps and so forth and the fact that the problem of gambling is becoming increasingly acute, with wives and partners of gambling addicts picketing betting shops and pleading with the various companies involved to put a stop to the misery caused by gambling addiction, this legislation should be front-loaded and a tax imposed on the turnover from betting.

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