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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 97: In page 169, to delete lines 12 to 14 and substitute the following:“ Gambling licence for charitable or philanthropic purpose lottery: no maximum game: no maximum pool betting: no maximum lottery: €30,000 per week game: €3,000 per game ”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 98: In page 169, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following:“ Gambling licence for charitable or philanthropic purpose: once-off activity lottery: no maximum game: no maximum pool betting: no maximum lottery: €360,000 game: €360,000 pool betting: no maximum ”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: ...". This could potentially prohibit children from attending places such as schools, places of worship and other local organisations, including prohibiting children from entering GAA and football clubs, schools and churches, for example, running lotteries and raffles for fundraising purposes. It could be interpreted as prohibiting children from entering or being on the premises if, for...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: ...was the unanimous recommendation of the justice committee. Charities and sporting organisations have been governed by gambling legislation, when they are carrying out gambling activities such as lotteries and draws, for the past 70 years. Nearly everything in this legislation is a carryover from the existing legislation. Charities are not equated with the commercial industry at all and...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: Mr. Ahern and I had a meeting about coaching the other night. He does a lottery for the club every Sunday night, as does Mr. Tommy Collins and another few lads, all of whom are volunteers. I mentioned what was happening and Mr. Ahern could not believe it. He did not know about it. I was talking to people in GAA clubs over the weekend. I was talking to a club treasurer and I asked him if...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...do so. Such groups have to organise raffles. If the Bill goes forward in its current form, are all these organisations and groups going to be able to run a draw? Mr. Vincent Ahern in my own club runs a lottery. I should declare that I won €25 in the lottery last Sunday night. I did not win the jackpot but my ticket was pulled out of the hat.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...here are seldom, if ever, rescinded. In my time here, I have seen none rescinded. The Government should think about it and how much damage it is doing to the clubs and people's enthusiasm for being volunteers. Schools have to have lotteries to keep the schools funded. It is not only the clubs. Day-care centres, you name it, are all there. They all want the good of the people. They...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...about changing it afterwards because, quite simply, now is the time to act. With regard to the GAA and other types of fundraising, we know small clubs the length and breadth of the country which are in receipt of lottery and sports capital grant funding always have shortfalls and local fundraising has to happen. A good friend and colleague of ours, Derry Healy, from Headfort,...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...how it works - and the winner will receive four tickets for the Taylor Swift concert alongside two nights' accommodation and €3,000. It is not a competition and it does not fall under the definition of a lottery but it increases Paddy Power's footprint of likes. Therefore, under this legislation, Paddy Power would be allowed to continue to target individuals. The problem with...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 65: In page 92, line 22, to delete “game, betting activity or lottery” and substitute “game or lottery”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: ...person sought to provide pool betting, (b) all the games which the person sought to provide or for the number of gaming machines proposed to be used, pursuant to the licence applied for, or (c) all the lottery products or activities which the person sought to provide pursuant to the licence applied for.”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: ...that where an authority varies any limits under Schedule 2 to the Bill, those variations will not apply to any gambling activities already under way when the variation takes effect. In summary, any games or lotteries already under way at the time the variation takes effect will be allowed to conclude in accordance with those limits that were in effect when the activity started. The new...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: ...insert the following: “(3) Where regulations are made under subsection (2) which reduce the amount of a maximum relevant payment or of maximum winnings, or both, of a relevant game, a relevant lottery or a relevant gambling activity for a charitable or philanthropic purpose, the coming into operation of the regulations shall not affect such a game, lottery or activity already...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 54: In page 83, lines 28 and 29, to delete “once-off gaming, betting or lottery activity or product” and substitute “once-off gaming or lottery activity or product”.