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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Before going to Mr. Le Jeune, I will bring in Mr. Ó Ríordáin, who has been offering.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Again, we have run out of time but I will allow Mr. Grant a couple of brief comments to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I will have to bring that slot to a conclusion. I thank Senator Ruane for her questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Has Senator Gallagher any further questions? I am conscious of the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I have to move on. I thank the Deputy for that line of questioning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Is anyone else offering? What does Mr. Le Jeune think of that suggestion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I think it is a very different experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Before I move on to my colleagues, do the officials from the Department of Justice have any observations to make or questions to pose to the other witnesses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Is Deputy Carroll MacNeill finished?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I have some comments and suggestions. We have all seen in our constituencies and working lives the detrimental impact of gambling on mental and physical health and the health of a person's family given the catastrophes it can cause for families. In my view, this is because of the overexposure of people, particularly young people, to gambling. These pieces of technology have made gambling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Is this not to do with turnover or the fact that most people are turning to their phones and online betting rather than walking into a betting shop on the high street?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I take this opportunity to invite the Minister to walk the stretch of rail line with me from Navan to Kingscourt, although perhaps not in its entirety. As I said, there is incredible work being done in developing it as a greenway, but I believe we must be ambitious. We must have a vision of reopening that as a rail line to Kingscourt because the potential it has to open the Border region is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the strategic rail review has considered the feasibility of reopening the Kingscourt rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11987/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Can the Minister make a statement please on the reopening of the Kingscourt rail line?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Unfortunately, probably, for the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister very much. I was always very struck by the Minister when in opposition, and when I was also an opposition Member, because he always admired the ambition that I had for that rail line coming to a county along the Border in Cavan. If one looks at the map of Ireland and looks to see where the main arteries and infrastructure is, one can draw a line from Dublin to Galway....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with Monaghan County Council regarding the omission of funding for the N2 Clontibret to the Border scheme from the National Development Plan. [11988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to support persons who find themselves needing to buy a home but who have lost their first-time buyer status. [11985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic Violence (3 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application has been made for funding for a women’s refuge in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [11986/22]