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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I never suggested that he did.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I said he spoke about an organisation being captured by one individual and he has done that to all of the sheep in this House.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: People coming in from hospital beds-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: Yes. Deals.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: It was four.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: Is the Bill no longer a dog's dinner-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I believe a meeting of a Fine Gael-Sinn Féin mutual adoration society is taking place.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: No surprise.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: It is.
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: Section 4 would insert a new section 9A in the 1956 Act and it is of some significance. It tidies up the circumstances through which a member of An Garda Síochána or superintendent can issue a permit for gaming. I say the following in the presence of the Minister of State and I hope my remarks are passed not merely to the Minister but to the Commissioner of An Garda...
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: If they can be ignored with impunity, it does not make much difference.
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: Which bodies are they?
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I am grateful for the remarks the Minister of State made in respect of the last set of amendments insofar as they went. I must state again, however, that this group of amendments is to do with the maximum charges pertaining to entry into gaming and the amount that may be won at gaming. I ask the Minister of State to confirm that the gaming permits to which this legislation refers do not...
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: Did the Minister of State refer to machines in his response or did I mishear him?
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: Yes, and did the Minister of State refer to machines?
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I am sorry but we are getting to the very nub of it now. There seems to be a complete misunderstanding. Under the Act, a gaming permit is not permissible in respect of a machine.
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: Let us be clear about this. A gaming licence is issued by the Revenue Commissioners. I want the Minister of State to be clear that this is no licence - and I use the term in a neutral sense - or no permission to operate gaming machines in contravention of Part III of the 1956 Act. The Minister of State is providing for new limits on the stakes that can be used for gaming machines, and the...
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: The thing is a racket.
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I want to be very clear on this. I intend to bring this to the attention of the media in the near future. I intend that the journalist to whose attention I draw to this understands clearly what is happening. It is now proposed to insert a new section 14 in respect of licences granted under Part III of the Act. Is that correct?
- Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I am looking at-----