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Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: Who closed down the sports capital fund?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: They may have a bit more common sense than most judges.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: Some 12 good men on a jury.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: They decide whether a person is guilty or innocent.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: Cross-fire can be good too.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: Yes, your honour.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: Can the Senator speak to a withdrawn amendment?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: Did the Senator want to call a vote on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: I have a question on harness racing. One of the key parts of the greyhound and horse racing sector is the integrity with which regulations are applied. The greyhound sector is looking at setting up an independent body in legislation at the moment and we have to ensure that it is in place before any State funding is given to the harness racing sector. I welcome the increase in funding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: Is that any good for the industry? The industry has to look at itself. We are putting a lot of State money in and HRI has to start looking at what it can do to assist the 15,200 people to whom I referred. A simple suggestion is races specifically for owners of one or two horses, or a syndicate race. We should start thinking outside the box so that we can help the smaller people instead of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: It was a disgrace and highlighted the betting industry at its worst. As I said, of all betting, only 30% to 35% is on horseracing. The rest is on other sports. Let us look at where we can add funding to other sports which are more inclusive than some of the horseracing sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: One other bugbear of mine is Dundalk race track. It is a fantastic facility but it is not used enough. It shuts down for most of the summer. All weather racing goes on in the UK all the time while we have this fantastic facility that is used perhaps twice a week coming up to Christmas, hardly used at all afterwards and then used once a week after that. There is an opportunity to run race...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: Kids cannot do that now and cannot get that enjoyment. It is not to encourage people to gamble but it is part and parcel of going to a day's racing. I have to do the bets for the young fellows I bring with me now because they cannot go up and enjoy the pleasure that was there once. It does not lead to everyone who makes a bet being gambler. I know there are problems with that. It is,...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: -----wherever Senator Norris is.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: I wish to raise an issue that arose yesterday and has arisen on several occasions in recent years, which is the closure of English language schools. I lay the blame firmly at the door of the Departments of Justice and Equality, and Education and Skills. Both Departments have failed to regulate English language schools resulting in a number of such schools becoming visa factories. When I...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: I am also concerned regarding the impact of an increase in the betting tax from 1% to 2%. I have raised with the Minister of State my concerns about whether we are generating the proper tax through the system we have in place. Perhaps he will provide an indication that he will review the impact of the 2% tax he is placing on bookmakers to determine whether we can generate the equivalent...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome what the Minister of State has said. We are all in agreement on the need to take more tax from the bookmaking sector. We do not want a crude bludgeon but a fair system. We are driving more and more people to online services and we need to review those to determine whether we can generate more income from the sector. As most of us know, it is the small bookmakers nationally who...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: I have some queries on this amendment given the level of concern there is about the English language school sector at the moment. QQI is being asked to interact with providers, whether in the English language school sector or otherwise.Many providers of English language classes at present do not have any qualification marks and one might even describe some as bogus schools. They are not...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Anthony Lawlor: I asked the Minister of State a question and she never answered it.