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- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: ...the stand-alone and signature piece of legislation for us in this area. I make the point that we are on Report and Final Stages of this legislation which has been on the road for an unbelievably long time. The vast majority of it is really good but there are serious problems. We can fix the definitions but the other parts about the supports for local clubs and groups are more...
- 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)
Mark Ward: ...the authority. If you are taking drugs or alcohol, there is only so much drugs and drink you can take before you either pass out or are taken out of society. If you have a gambling problem, as long as you have the ability to put money on whatever it might be or the ability to get the money to put on, which is often where the problems come in, you can go on 24-7. That is where having...
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
Matt Shanahan: ...addiction. The idea was that cards would be blocked from accessing any gambling site, but it has not moved forward at all. That is a significant issue. It should be in this legislation. We have waited long enough for it and it is something that is being done very successfully in the UK. It can be done easily here too. The banks have agreed to do it and yet it has not progressed. I...
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...10, which are in my name. There is an important history to amendment No. 9 and an important question about the entitlement of the Dáil and Seanad to know what precisely they are legislating for. For far too long, this question 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...