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Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Nothing.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Mattie McGrath said that communities are being killed.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I never said anything about that.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I was talking about Teachtaí Dála in general.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: No one said there was.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I never mentioned Deputy Michael Healy-Rae.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: We were all contacted today.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I was not talking to Deputy Michael Healy-Rae either.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I was referring to an email we all received today.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Is dócha gur fada an lá go dtí go mbeimid in ann labhairt faoi biongó arís sa Dáil. Ceapaim go bhfuil sé oiriúnach labhairt faoi inniu. It might be a long day again before we speak about bingo in the Dáil. It is important to contribute a few words because it is a unique activity throughout the country and especially in the charitable and...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: -----with prizes way below anything near the threshold. As Deputy Rabbitte and others have said, it is also important to think about the addiction element of gambling. It is an unspoken addiction. Each of us would know recovering alcoholics or people in the media who have other addictions. Those are high profile. Gambling addicts, however, do not have a high profile. They do not have...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of data sharing between Irish Rail and her Department on the free travel scheme and public services card. [50357/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the recent ruling of the Data Protection Commissioner on the public services card. [50358/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: We forced Fine Gael to change its housing policy.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Heydon did.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Not again.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Unbelievable.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Flexible Work Practices (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to promote and encourage new and developing work practices in County Meath such as working from home initiatives and working from tech hubs and hot desks. [49963/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland visits to County Meath in 2019; and the number of IDA Ireland units which are occupied and vacant in County Meath. [49964/19]