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

James Browne: ...protection of charitable and philanthropic licensees. As published, the Bill provides that the holder of a gambling licence for a charitable or philanthropic purpose may provide gaming, betting or lotteries for the purposes of fund-raising. Following consideration of this approach, it was identified that there may be considerable financial risks for a charitable or philanthropic licensee...

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

Thomas Gould: I ask the Minister of State to give some clarity on amendment No. 54. A reference to "betting" is being removed and it is unclear why. The amendment seeks to delete "once-off gaming, betting or lottery activity or product" and substitute "once-off gaming or lottery activity or product". I know I always refer to my own club, St. Vincent's. I am on the board of management of Gaelscoil Pheig...

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

Pearse Doherty: ...so I am trying to look at the impact of all of them. Let us look at amendment No. 65. I am doing this on the hoof so apologies. Amendment No. 65 seeks to delete "game, betting activity or lottery" and substitute "game or lottery". That is being proposed for the purposes that the Minister of State has just outlined. Why would we want charities involved in betting, other than race...

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

Pearse Doherty: I hear what the Minister of State is saying. Obviously, the Attorney General has his own team working on this. However, I think it is really problematic. We have bets, games and lotteries. That is what gambling is and to have no definition of "betting" is really problematic in legislation that will be the stand-alone and signature piece of legislation for us in this area. I make the...

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

Pearse Doherty: ...the law but nobody was paying a blind bit of attention. We have an authority now which we do not want to ignore grey areas. We are setting it up to police and regulate this area. Therefore, we cannot define the lottery in such a way that people break it straight away. What happens then? In the North for years they did national lotteries, then an objection was put into the PSNI and it...

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

Pearse Doherty: ...to this issue. There is a major problem with gambling in this State and the availability of smartphones and apps has increased that. I say that as somebody who is involved in a company that has a lottery licence, as do many groups and charities as well, but there is a difference. This is the first amendment on Report Stage when we are talking about the authority. I reiterate the point...

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 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)

Pa Daly: I want to make only one point, relating to the lotteries of GAA clubs. It is preposterous to say that, at odds of about 36,000 to one, all the gamblers with addiction problems start flocking in-----

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

Pa Daly: ...what I said in that regard. It is obvious that within a community, if there is a higher prize, people will come together and spend their €2 or get three tickets for €5 to enter that lottery, but it is preposterous to say it is people with a gambling addiction who buy in to that.

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

Mattie McGrath: ...clubs. Small clubs are the backbone of the community, whether they be GAA clubs, as they mainly are down the country, soccer clubs or any other type of club, organisation or community group. The lottery is a big thing, with a split-the-bucket or whatever. They are in every parish and they are very well supported. The Minister of State is saying they will not be able to be advertised or...

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

James Browne: ...the most incisive comment tonight in regard to the €10,000 exemption for local clubs. Let us be clear, local clubs and charities have an exemption up to €10,000 on the advertising side. They will be regulated everywhere else but most of those clubs with such lotteries do not actually pay for any advertising. It is just to protect those clubs when a member might put a...

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

Pat Buckley: It is hard to follow Deputy Doherty but having listened to him, I agree that this provision is mind boggling. I could name a couple of hundred local clubs that run lotteries, whether for rugby or soccer, as well as community groups. We even raise funds for the St. Patrick's Day parade. For me, the Government is shutting down the heartbeat of any community. Sport, in particular, is vital...

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

Pearse Doherty: ...to declare that I am a director of a not-for-profit music festival in Donegal. Everyone is welcome to come on 12 July. This music festival, being not for profit, also operates a philanthropic, lottery licence. I just wanted to clarify this. This amendment deals with section 9 which repeals what would be, with the passage of this legislation, outdated legislation. However, what the...

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

James Browne: ..., 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 section 2(1), of...

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

James Browne: ...The Government is not equating the charity sector with commercial gambling operators. It is important to note that charities and other organisations are already subject to regulation under the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 in circumstances where they operate and promote lotteries as part of their fundraising model. The Bill before the House is a direct continuation of the existing policy...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...has been hidden in administrative omerta and legal obfuscation and the law as we understood it has been ignored and unenforced. The issue I refer to is the status of private members' clubs. Under the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, various venues not a stone's throw from this building have operated as casinos for decades under the pretext that they are immune from the law because they...

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

James Browne: ...with an updated definition that reflects modern gaming machines. I will speak to amendments Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive, 12 to 14, inclusive, and 37. Amendment No. 5 updates references in the Bill to the National Lottery Act 2013 with a short reference. Amendment No. 6 clarifies, for the purpose of the Bill, that a participant is defined as a person participating in a relevant gambling...

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”.