James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Attorney General has advised that we could not ban them for specific locations and nowhere else. That would be open to challenge. We had to take that into consideration. As I have said, I certainly do not want to see them in bookies' offices, casinos or anywhere like that. I have no difficulty with them being on racetracks or greyhound tracks, provided they are not in the betting area, so that people can take out money to buy food or whatever the case may be. People have argued either way with regard to bingo. For the most part, bingo is a social outlet. The advice from the Attorney General is that we have to allow a certain amount of flexibility. Taking all things into consideration, I expect to see them in very rare circumstances.

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