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Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Yes, on the section.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Does section 1 contain the definitions? Perhaps I should come in on section 2.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: It is not.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I want to specifically speak to amendment No. 37, which proposes to insert a new subsection (4) into section 2 to amend the definition, or rather, to make reference to the definition of a "relevant payment", specifically in paragraph (c) of that definition. This is important, because in the course of the amendments to the Bill, there is reference to bingo-type offerings and games. Amendment...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: It is in reference to that, because this interpretation, as the Acting Chair will be aware, governs the entirety of the Act, including Schedule 2, which is being amended by amendment No. 340. I have not tabled an amendment to this effect but is it something to which the Minister of State could give consideration on Report Stage?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I raise the issue of medication for ADHD. ADHD is a condition that is real. It is not something that does not exist, although I think there is a traditional view that it is just badly behaved kids and they will grow out of it. We know now that is not true and that it is something that is identifiable. It is a chemical imbalance that can be dealt with by medication. The importance of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I appreciate the Minister of State's bona fides on this and welcome the fact that she is telling us about expanded services for ADHD sufferers. I particularly welcome her acknowledgement of those in the 16 to 18 age cohort. They are still children. Many of them are still in school while some of them are going to college and it is really important to support them. I hope she will do that....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Ar dtús báire, is mian liom a rá gur dúirt duine éigin liom cúpla bliain ó shín go raibh níos mó daoine ag labhairt Gaeilge gach lá i mo Dháilcheantar féin ná in aon áit eile sa tír taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht. Cé nach bhfuil a fhios agam an bhfuil sé sin fíor nó nach bhfuil, níl ach...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I agree with the thrust of this amendment and I understand where the Senators are coming from. I am conscious of the parameters that are laid down in section 13 regarding membership of the authority and the parameters laid down in section 15 in respect of the criteria for the Public Appointments Service that must be applied in recommending somebody to the Minister for appointment. Can the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I would have thought this was covered by section 6(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act, but I just want to be clear in terms of the proposer of amendment No. 70. Part 2 of this Bill establishes the body of the gambling regulator.Section 6(1)(b) would state that any body established by statute is covered. Therefore, I am assuming if that is the case, and I am open to contradiction by the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Will the Minister of State explain something? As it stands, section 43 defines three terms to be used in Chapter 3, which establishes the national gambling exclusion register. This is an important part of the Bill, it is very worthwhile, and I think we would all support the idea that it is there. At the moment, that section defines three terms: "initial period", "relevant date" and...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I want to address an issue raised by Senator Black because amendment No. 79 would appear, from my reading of it, to give the gambling authority the power to say to a bookie or a company offering a gambling product that it cannot retain personal information that essentially can be used for marketing purposes. That seems to be eminently sensible. I favour generally that the gambling authority...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: We are at the end of a grouping of some 21 amendments, Nos. 75 to 96, inclusive. It is the eleventh grouping of 28 in the list we have. The groupings are obviously hugely helpful to allow us to move on. However, given that mistakes were made today by people who did not realise where subsequent amendments were part of a group, if it would make more sense for the groups to be numbered, at...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I have no problem with the list but it is bullet points. The groups are not identiable one from the other except by the name. If one could refer to group A, B or C or group 9 or whatever it is it would be easier because it is quite difficult to navigate.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 113: In page 56, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "(4)(a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as conferring any authorisation or entitlement on a person licensed under this Act to provide a gambling activity on the National Lottery, held on behalf of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, under the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I understand where the Minister of State is coming from. However, although this Bill comes under his remit, and I acknowledge the enormous volume of work that he has done on it as well as within the Department to bring it here, it affects every Department and its success affects every Department. I understand what he said. He started out by saying that we cannot guarantee that the money...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: If he is willing to put my Bill through, we will get it done.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Is that an expression of support for the Bill?

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I have one more question, as to whether these three specific amendments were brought to the attention of the Department and whether it has considered them or whether that is yet to happen.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 114: In page 56, line 3, to delete “or (3)” and substitute “, (3) or (4)”.