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

Tá Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Dara Calleary, Ciarán Cannon, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Jack Chambers, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Paschal Donohoe, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank...

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

Question declared carried.

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

Catherine Connolly: Cuirfear an Bille ar aghaidh chuig an Seanad anois.

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

Thomas Gould: On amendment No. 93, previously this provision applied to remote and in-person gambling. Will that remain the case or will this only cover remote gambling? In the past, there was a lead time for signing up to a service. Will the regulations ensure that people cannot sign up to such services? Some people had a two or three-day period where they could sign up and open an account, and if...

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

James Browne: Any lead time will be gone. People will have to prove their age before they can open an account. The intention is that this will apply to in-person and remote gambling. I will double check the wording. If that is not the case, it will certainly be amended to ensure that it is the case.

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

Amendment agreed to.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 94: In page 125, to delete lines 29 to 38 and substitute the following: “Obligation not to allow child on premises 169. (1) A licensee of an in-person gambling licence, other than a licensee of a gambling licence for charitable or philanthropic purpose that is an in-person gambling licence, shall not permit a child to enter on a premises in which a relevant...

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

Amendment agreed to.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 95: In page 156, to delete lines 25 to 27. This is a technical amendment that deletes section 204(1)(h) and the requirement to make regulations concerning the publication on the authority's website of all information and documentation provided to an adjudication officer for proceedings before that officer. There is no reason and, indeed, it is not common practice,...

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

Amendment agreed to.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 96: In page 161, to delete line 28 and substitute the following: “ “bank” means— (a) a regulated financial service provider, or (b) a bank outside the State;”.

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

Amendment agreed to.

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)

Amendment agreed to.

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)

Amendment agreed to.

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

Bill, as amended, received for final consideration.

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

Seán Sherlock: What the Minister of State is saying is that the primary legislation is very clear about inducements. It is worth reiterating because concerns have been expressed by people that a licensee may not offer a person or specific group of persons an inducement. The Minister of State has clarified that.

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

Pa Daly: Will the regulations be available? When will they be available? If there were, for example, inducements or a free bet advertised in the Racing Post, would that be interpreted as targeting a particular type of person in that it would be a person who is interested in gambling?

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

Thomas Gould: I hear what the Minister of State is saying but people in addiction services, those who have family members affected by gambling and those who are in recovery tell us that these free bets, even if they are free to everyone, are a hook to get people into gambling. We have met with the people on the ground and that is what they have told us. The Minister of State made a point about giving...