Dáil debates
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
2:20 pm
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
As I said, there are two steps involved in this. We need to get a gambling regulator in place.
The Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, is determined to do that. He is competent, diligent and committed to it and I have no doubt he will get it done. We will then need to have a wider debate about gambling advertising more generally. It would be useful for an all-party committee to give consideration to the issue the Deputy has raised. A relevant committee may already be in existence. I am conscious of the plethora and proliferation of advertisements on social media. Their impact on the lives of young people, in particular, can be very damaging indeed. We need to do everything to wise up to that and to deal properly with it as a Legislature.
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