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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I appreciate the Minister of State's bona fides on this and welcome the fact that she is telling us about expanded services for ADHD sufferers. I particularly welcome her acknowledgement of those in the 16 to 18 age cohort. They are still children. Many of them are still in school while some of them are going to college and it is really important to support them. I hope she will do that....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Ar dtús báire, is mian liom a rá gur dúirt duine éigin liom cúpla bliain ó shín go raibh níos mó daoine ag labhairt Gaeilge gach lá i mo Dháilcheantar féin ná in aon áit eile sa tír taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht. Cé nach bhfuil a fhios agam an bhfuil sé sin fíor nó nach bhfuil, níl ach...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I agree with the thrust of this amendment and I understand where the Senators are coming from. I am conscious of the parameters that are laid down in section 13 regarding membership of the authority and the parameters laid down in section 15 in respect of the criteria for the Public Appointments Service that must be applied in recommending somebody to the Minister for appointment. Can the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I would have thought this was covered by section 6(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act, but I just want to be clear in terms of the proposer of amendment No. 70. Part 2 of this Bill establishes the body of the gambling regulator.Section 6(1)(b) would state that any body established by statute is covered. Therefore, I am assuming if that is the case, and I am open to contradiction by the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Will the Minister of State explain something? As it stands, section 43 defines three terms to be used in Chapter 3, which establishes the national gambling exclusion register. This is an important part of the Bill, it is very worthwhile, and I think we would all support the idea that it is there. At the moment, that section defines three terms: "initial period", "relevant date" and...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I want to address an issue raised by Senator Black because amendment No. 79 would appear, from my reading of it, to give the gambling authority the power to say to a bookie or a company offering a gambling product that it cannot retain personal information that essentially can be used for marketing purposes. That seems to be eminently sensible. I favour generally that the gambling authority...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: We are at the end of a grouping of some 21 amendments, Nos. 75 to 96, inclusive. It is the eleventh grouping of 28 in the list we have. The groupings are obviously hugely helpful to allow us to move on. However, given that mistakes were made today by people who did not realise where subsequent amendments were part of a group, if it would make more sense for the groups to be numbered, at...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I have no problem with the list but it is bullet points. The groups are not identiable one from the other except by the name. If one could refer to group A, B or C or group 9 or whatever it is it would be easier because it is quite difficult to navigate.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 113: In page 56, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "(4)(a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as conferring any authorisation or entitlement on a person licensed under this Act to provide a gambling activity on the National Lottery, held on behalf of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, under the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I understand where the Minister of State is coming from. However, although this Bill comes under his remit, and I acknowledge the enormous volume of work that he has done on it as well as within the Department to bring it here, it affects every Department and its success affects every Department. I understand what he said. He started out by saying that we cannot guarantee that the money...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: If he is willing to put my Bill through, we will get it done.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Is that an expression of support for the Bill?

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I have one more question, as to whether these three specific amendments were brought to the attention of the Department and whether it has considered them or whether that is yet to happen.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 114: In page 56, line 3, to delete “or (3)” and substitute “, (3) or (4)”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 115: In page 56, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Amendment of the National Lottery Act 2013 66. The national lottery Act 2013 is amended as follows: (a) In section 2 by the insertion of the following definitions: “ ‘bet’ shall have the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Betting Act 1931; ‘betting...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: It almost seems as if this might be something outside the Minister of State's remit given the reference to the national lottery. I cannot help thinking that these amendments do not impact directly on the national lottery but impact upon the companies who will be regulated by this Bill. This is in exactly the same way that I was proposing in my amendments earlier that would have an impact on...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 121: In page 64, to delete lines 24 to 37, and in page 65, to delete lines 1 to 9 and substitute the following: “ “maximum relevant payment and maximum winnings” means such amount or amounts set by the Authority, with the consent of the Minister, in regulations made under subsection (2) of section 81;”. Amendment No. 121 refers to...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I dtús báire, gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an sárobair atá déanta aige agus a fhoireann ar an mBille seo. Feicim gur éist siad leis na daoine a bhí ag labhairt faoi na fadhbanna a raibh acu leis an mBille. Tá mé thar a bheith buíoch de as ucht na leasuithe atá déanta ag an Rialtas. Tá mé ag tnúth go...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Yes, on the section.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Does section 1 contain the definitions? Perhaps I should come in on section 2.