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

James Browne: ...an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act 2014. The intention of the amendment in this Bill is that the members of the authority, staff of the authority, authorised officers of the authority, and the appeals panels, the appeals board, appeals officers and adjudication officers will be subject to the obligations of the Freedom of Information Act concerning their respective functions...

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

James Browne: I will make a couple of quick points on that, including on An Garda Síochána and the comparators around the investigative and prosecutorial roles. This is why those parts are being exempt. This authority would have investigatory and prosecutorial roles. The rate of the levy will be public knowledge and it will be based on turnover. The information that is sensitive is the...

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

James Browne: The Deputy is right the regulation authority will be important to ensuring the legislation is enforced, that we have ongoing feedback to the Minister and that we do not have a situation where we pass legislation, it goes out of date quickly and we are all waiting around for it to be changed. Things are changing quite rapidly. I always give the example of the big hullabaloo about 15 years...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 22: In page 33, line 37, to delete “The Authority may, with the approval of” and substitute “The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister given with the consent of”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 23: In page 34, lines 1 and 2, to delete “for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform”.

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: 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 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: 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...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 14: In page 22, lines 14 to 20, to delete all words from and including “A reference” in line 14 down to and including line 20 and substitute the following: “A reference in this Act to a person providing a lottery shall be taken to be a reference to the person- (a) selling or offering to sell a product or activity referred to in the definition, in...

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

James Browne: On an unrelated issue, I assure Deputy Ó Ríordáin that he will have a proper answer to yesterday's question tomorrow, and if he does not then he can contact me.

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

James Browne: I thank Deputy Ó Ríordáin for tabling amendment No. 9, which raises a very important point about the future licensing and regulation of private members' clubs. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that private members' clubs come within the scope of the Bill and that the authority would regulate such operations. I can confirm that such clubs will be included under the...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 1: In page 14, to delete lines 21 to 28 and substitute the following: “ “advertise” includes advertise by means of an image, sound or text;”. As I noted on Committee Stage, I will bring forward a number of amendments to update and clarify some of the definitions in the Bill on Report Stage. Amendments Nos. 1, 3, 5 to 7, inclusive, 12...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 3: In page 17, to delete lines 28 and 29 and substitute the following: “ “gaming machine” means— (a) a machine manufactured or adapted for the purpose of allowing a person to participate, upon the making of a payment, in a gambling activity, and (b) where the outcome of that gambling activity is determined either by the action of the...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 5: In page 18, line 20, to delete “National Lottery Act 2013” and substitute “Act of 2013”.