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Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: A lot of the discussion has previously happened on Committee Stage but some of the amendments we have brought forward to Report Stage are ones we felt we could not really let go at the last Stage of debate. The Minister of State stated he would come back on amendment No. 1 and that he would consider our amendment. I hope that he can accept this amendment today as he did indicate an...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 27, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(b) to take measures to reduce or eliminate compulsive or excessive gambling,”

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 3 would ensure the authority must, as part of its function, take steps to reduce problem gambling. We have listened to the Minister of State and have taken on board his views about the intention of the authority to reduce gambling harm and believe this amendment would strengthen that intention and make it very clear that the authority exists to try to eliminate problem gambling...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 28, line 18, after "activities", to insert ", including the harms associated with compulsive and excessive gambling".

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 28, line 23, after "activities,", to insert "including research into emerging industry trends and technologies,".

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 29, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(e) personal data processing and the principles of data protection,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No.7: In page 39, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(c) the prevalence of illegal or unregulated gambling, including by children;”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 40, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(3) The Authority shall keep under review certain activities by non-licensees, which, while not constituting gambling activity, may operate in manner sufficiently similar and constitute sufficiently similar risk as gambling activity, and may, from time to time, prepare a report of any findings...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: This amendment seeks to insert a new subsection which would charge the Gambling Authority with reviewing gambling-like activities which may need to be regulated in the future. With this amendment we are thinking of things like cryptocurrency and trade in speculative investments which are not technically gambling but do look and behave a bit like gambling. The Gambling Commission in the UK...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 41, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(g) the Health Service Executive,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: These amendments seek to add two persons whom the authority may enter into an information-sharing agreement with in the performance of its functions. In amendment No. 9, we are seeking the inclusion of the HSE. As we highlighted on Committee Stage, we believe that there should be a capacity for the authority to share information with the HSE. By framing gambling harm through a public...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 10: In page 41, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(g) the Central Bank,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 11: In page 45, after line 34, to insert the following: “(4) The Authority may cause licensees who compile, or seek to compile through third party service providers, data profiles the purposes of inviting or retaining participants and prospective participants, to erase all tracked data in relation to a participant if so requested.”

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: On amendments Nos. 11 and 12, section 45 sets out the way in which the new exclusion register will work. Amendments Nos. 11 and 12 relate to improving data protection and upholding a person's right to privacy under this Bill. Amendment No.11 proposes to bestow a new power on the authority that would mean it would request gambling companies to delete the personal data of their customers that...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 12: In page 47, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(b) collect, collate or process personal data in respect of the person,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 15: In page 83, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) a statement setting out the measures taken by the licensee to ensure compliance with data protection law, in addition to the steps taken to mitigate the potential for algorithmic harm to participants,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: This is a simple amendment by means of which we are seeking to impose new obligations on gambling licensees in terms of information and documentation to be provided when applying for a licence. We have talked at length about data privacy, both today and on Committee Stage, and how gambling companies use data to target and encourage customers to spend more money and time on their apps and...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: It is essentially a similar answer to the one given last week. I do not believe that gaming consoles are completely covered by the word "Internet". As it currently stands, people can access and be exposed to such things as advertisements while they are offline. I do not know whether anyone has tried to play a game while up in the air in an aeroplane. They would still see advertisements...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I was discussing amendment No. 338 in that grouping, as it relates to the Schedule. It would lower the maximum relevant payments for games with a duration of less than 20 seconds. This is a more targeted approach than is offered in the Bill and seeks to distinguish high-speed gambling games and the particular risks they pose. It would also set a lower maximum relevant payment for those...