Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is safer gambling week. In 2013, Fine Gael published the general scheme of a gambling control Bill. In 2018, the Fianna Fáil Party published the Gambling Control Bill. The Bill passed Second Stage but lapsed with the dissolution of the previous Dáil earlier this year. These two parties are now in government. Yet, the Minister of State with responsibility for public health and well-being, Deputy Feighan, told me last week that it will be the end of 2021 before he finishes drafting gambling control legislation. Why will it take over a year to draft legislation that is already sitting on the shelves gathering dust? The Fianna Fáil Party said it would be a political priority for the next Government.

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