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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 76: In page 109, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Regulations regarding advertisements 139. (1) The Authority shall, having regard to the matters specified in subsection (3), make regulations requiring licensees to include certain matters in advertisements relating to relevant content. (2) The Authority may, having regard to the matters...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 77: In page 109, to delete lines 16 to 36 and substitute the following: “Advertising by licensee by means of audiovisual on-demand media service or on-demand sound service 138. (1) Subject to this section, a licensee shall not advertise relevant content, or cause a person to advertise relevant content on the licensee’s behalf, on an audiovisual...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I am going to address this and make the point for a third time. The recommendation for a complete ban on gambling advertising during the watershed was the unanimous recommendation of the justice committee. Charities and sporting organisations have been governed by gambling legislation, when they are carrying out gambling activities such as lotteries and draws, for the past 70 years. Nearly...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: They are governed under different legislation, as the Deputy knows full well. We will be bringing amendments in the Seanad to exempt charities and sporting organisations, and I again thank Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, Deputy Catherine Murphy and the Social Democrats, and the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs who have all brought forward ideas on this and how it can be done. I also...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: ...committee who have addressed it here in the Dáil. I have listened to TDs outside of the justice committee who have addressed it in this Chamber. I have listened to members of Fianna Fáil and, indeed, Deputies from Fine Gael who have come forward to talk to me about the situation and the issue. The challenge has always been that once we bring in a ban on advertising and...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: To clarify, I did say watershed but I should have been more clear. I mean complete exemptions from the advertising ban, so that would mean the watershed and online. I apologise to the Deputy.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 65: In page 92, line 22, to delete “game, betting activity or lottery” and substitute “game or lottery”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 68: In page 100, line 28, to delete “Subject to subsection (2)” and substitute “Subject to section 88(2) and subsection (2)”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 69: In page 101, line 23, to delete “Subject to section 119” and substitute “Subject to sections 88(2) and 119”

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 70: In page 105, line 33, to delete “bank” and substitute “regulated financial service provider”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 72: In page 107, line 1, to delete “bank” and substitute “regulated financial services provider”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 74: In page 109, to delete lines 9 to 15 and substitute the following: “Interpretation (Chapter 1 – Part 6) 137. In this Chapter— “Act of 2009” means the Broadcasting Act 2009; “applicable regulations”, in relation to advertising, means regulations made under section 140; “audiovisual on-demand media...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 59: In page 89, line 15, to delete “it shall notify the person” and substitute “it shall, by notice in writing, inform the person”. Amendment No. 59 is a technical drafting amendment to specify that where the authority refuses to grant an application for a gambling licence it shall notify the applicant in writing of that decision....

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 60: In page 89, to delete lines 18 to 24 and substitute the following: “(5) The Authority shall, by notice in writing, inform the person who made an application under section 108 or 109, as the case may be, and, if different, the proposed licensee, within 14 days of the date of a decision under subsection (1) to grant a licence but not to grant that licence in...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 62: In page 91, lines 20 and 21, to delete all words from and including “(1) A licensee” in line 20 down to and including line 21 and substitute the following: “(1) A licensee of a gaming licence may apply to the Authority— (a) to vary the relevant game or games which the licensee may provide pursuant to the gaming licence, (b) where...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 63: In page 91, line 33, to delete “may specify” and substitute “may specify, and, in the case of an application referred to in subsection (1) (b) or (c), the application shall specify the number of gaming machines proposed to be used”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: Deputy Gould has been raising this concern for a considerable time and I know banning credit card gambling is something close to his heart. I fully agree with him and have taken on board his concerns. Section 157 entitled, Obligation in respect of method of payment for relevant gambling activity, provides: (1) A licensee to whom this Chapter applies shall not— (a) accept...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 37: In page 59, line 35, to delete “provider of an application store service” and substitute “provider of an online application store service”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 38: In page 59, lines 36 and 37, to delete “block access to a prohibited gambling activity provided by a relevant person” and substitute “block access to the prohibited gambling activity concerned”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 39: In page 60, to delete lines 17 to 20 and substitute the following: “(3) On the hearing of an application under subsection (1), the Court may, where it is satisfied that the relevant person concerned is engaged in a prohibited gambling activity, make an order directing the relevant person to cease the prohibited gambling activity concerned.”.