James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 43 provides for the retention of a definition of "relevant date" which is the date from which a person on the register is excluded from gambling. In regard to amendment No. 44, the Bill previously provided for a national gambling exclusion register to allow people to register with the authority and exclude themselves from online gambling. The Bill provided that a person who wished to exclude could choose what activities and specify the particular licensees they wish to be excluded from gambling with. On further review, it became apparent that this did not go far enough from a public health perspective. Amendment No. 44 therefore provides that where a person wishes to exclude from gambling with the authority, the exclusion would apply to all online licensees and activities.

Amendments Nos. 45 and 46 amend sections 44(2)(b) and (c) to clarify that all licensees who provide gambling by remote means are obliged to comply with the requirements of the register.

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