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

There is probably only one service nationally offering specialist treatment for people with gambling addiction. In four weeks, this service will have to close because of a lack of funding. What will people who are stuck in gambling addiction and their families do then? The service needs funding for the next few months until the Gambling Control Bill is finally passed and the social fund is established. Is it supposed to tell people in the meantime that the Government does not care? Will the Tánaiste help this service? We need the Government to care and provide the external problem gambling service with the short-term funding it is looking for.

Will the Tánaiste give a commitment today to find the short-term funding to keep that service open until the social fund is established?

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