Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge that the Minister of State is taking it very seriously. My biggest concern is not radio or television, to be honest, but is around the Internet which children can access with their telephones. Just this week, I attended the ISPCC conference and that is what people were mainly concerned about. It was the iPad, iPhone or any other phone whereby a child has the opportunity to gamble at the flick of a switch. A child can see the quick fix, hit or reward. Children are starting at such an early age that they are gambling on their own hurling, rugby or soccer games. That is the industry I want the Minister of State to engage with. It is the Facebooks and Googles of this world. I do not mention them per se; I mean all of them. They are the people I would like to see the Department engage with as to how to protect the youth.

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