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

James Browne: The definitions are based on the recommendation of the Attorney General and the Office of Parliamentary Counsel but I hear the Deputy's concerns. I will take another look at it but, as I said, we have been given advice in relation to it.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 29: In page 55, line 17, to delete “Subject to sections 66 and 67” and substitute “Subject to section 66”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 30: In page 55, line 27, to delete “Subject to sections 66 and 67” and substitute “Subject to section 66”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 31: In page 56, line 13, to delete “a betting activity” and substitute “pool betting”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 32: In page 56, line 14, to delete “such activity” and substitute “such pool betting”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 28: In page 55, line 12, to delete "the betting activity is" and substitute "the betting activity is pool betting that is". With this series of amendments to the Bill, I am introducing a change for the benefit and protection of charitable and philanthropic licensees. As published, the Bill provides that the holder of a gambling licence for a charitable or...

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

James Browne: Regarding Deputy Gould's point, those race nights - I have been involved in many of them myself - would be covered under the pool betting side of it. What we are doing here is just to ensure that charities cannot, in effect, become bookmakers. That becomes a hugely high risk to them where they can incur huge losses, quite quickly. With the pool betting, the odds are fixed. Those types of...

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

James Browne: With regard to the discussions, as someone who practised as a barrister for 13 years, I know it can often depend on the individual judge. Most have no interest in it but some do and, on occasion, they have looked to it. The amendment is to ensure that what we might call brand advertising without a call to action is included. It is something that came up in a number of discussions. If...

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

James Browne: With regard to a commercial gambling company putting a brand ad up where there is not a call to action and it is not calling it a bet, but it is posting it, for example, from its own Paddy Power Facebook page, yes, that is advertising, although I should not name particular commercial organisations. It is pushing its brand and it will be considered advertising. What we are doing here is...

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

James Browne: I agree with the Deputy that there is a lack of supports for people facing gambling addiction and non-substance addictions in general. They were not taken seriously for a long time. One of the key reasons for putting the social impact fund into this legislation is to make the industry pay for much of the damage it is causing. Section 52 provides that the social impact fund shall be...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 27: In page 55, line 6, to delete “Subject to sections 66 and 67” and substitute “Subject to section 66”. Amendments Nos. 27, 29, 30 and 34 are technical amendments. The first three are necessary due to the deletion of section 67 and to correct and update any renumbered section references as a result. Regarding amendment No. 34, as I...

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

James Browne: Section 64 of the Bill provides for 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...

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: No.

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...