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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 24: In page 34, to delete lines 4 and 5.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 19: In page 26, line 39, to delete “subsection (1)” and substitute “subsection (2)”. The amendment fixes an incorrect reference to "subsection (1)" in section 15(3)(c) by replacing it with the correct reference "subsection (2)".

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 21: In page 33, lines 27 to 32, to delete all words from and including “(1) The Authority” in line 27 down to and including line 32 and substitute the following: “(1) The Authority shall, with the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, make a scheme or...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: No, I do not.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: On section 74 and dealing with unlicensed operators and non-payment, we are satisfied it covers all the situations, but I am happy to look at it again and engage with the Deputy because we want the same thing here. If the Deputy has identified a gap we will certainly make a change to amend it. On amendments Nos. 17, 18 and 20, I note the Deputies have proposed two insertions of new...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I will make two brief points. Gambling from outside the jurisdiction that is pumped into Ireland is clearly covered in this legislation. We will get to that later.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: Under section 74. There is another point I did not get a chance to discuss earlier. There were complaints about the timelines in respect of one-off lotteries. That is the existing law under the 1956 Act. It is just being carried over. There is a big hullabaloo over the timelines, but that is the law that exists at the moment.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: The Deputies want total exemptions for everything.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: There are seven-year penalties in the legislation.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I did not get a chance to address the Deputy's proposal.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I will apologise to the Deputy for the second day in a row, as I did not address his proposal, what with everything else that was happening and how the debate was hijacked.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: The Deputy’s amendment seeks to address an important matter and raises interesting concerns around gambling. It would repeal the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, except for section 36. If my interpretation is correct, the good intention behind the Deputy’s amendment is to protect people who are participating in gambling from being pursued by a bookmaker, casino or other similar...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: That is not in the legislation. The Deputy knows that.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: The Deputy is talking about advertising.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: It was Sinn Féin's proposal-----

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: It is in the Bill. Read the legislation.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: That is what you said.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: This is exceptionally frustrating. We debated this very issue about 45 minutes ago. I gave answers on all of these questions and clearly the Deputies were not here. They turned up late, on Deputy Ó Ríordáin’s amendment, and hijacked that because they could not turn up on time to discuss it when we discussed it. They clearly were not listening in their offices either....

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 12: In page 21, to delete lines 36 to 38, and in page 22, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “(a) acting, or offering to act, as a bookmaker, (b) acting, or offering to act, as a remote betting intermediary, (c) offering to take a bet, or (d) causing another person to do any of the activities referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 13: In page 22, lines 7 to 12, to delete all words from and including “A reference” in line 7 down to and including line 12 and substitute the following: “A reference in this Act to a person providing a game shall be taken to be a reference to the person- (a) selling or offering to sell a game, or (b) causing another person to sell or offer to...