Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The gambling control Bill's published scheme will have consumer protection at its centre. Its measures will include, as the Deputy rightly says, controls on advertising, promotions and sponsorship. The Government delegated powers to the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, under the Gaming and Lotteries Acts. He has asked the Department to examine whether there are particular issues that could be brought forward more quickly that might deal with some of the issues that the Deputy has identified. He has had consultations with the stakeholders in the area and is continuing those at present. I just want to repeat to the Deputy that this is an area of priority for him. He has been working on it quite intensively and intends to move forward as quickly as possible with the appropriate legislation.

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