Results 141-160 of 5,903 for speaker:James Browne
- 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that we have ongoing feedback to the Minister and that we do not have a situation where we pass legislation, it goes out of date quickly and we are all waiting around for it to be changed.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...
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
James Browne: No, I do not.
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
James Browne: On section 74 and dealing with unlicensed operators and non-payment, we are satisfied it covers all the situations, but I am happy to look at it again and engage with the Deputy because we want the same thing here. If the Deputy has identified a gap we will certainly make a change to amend it. On amendments Nos. 17, 18 and 20, I note the Deputies have proposed two insertions of new...
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
James Browne: I will make two brief points. Gambling from outside the jurisdiction that is pumped into Ireland is clearly covered in this legislation. We will get to that later.
- 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 Deputies want total exemptions for everything.
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
James Browne: There are seven-year penalties in the legislation.
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
James Browne: I did not get a chance to address the Deputy's proposal.
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
James Browne: I will apologise to the Deputy for the second day in a row, as I did not address his proposal, what with everything else that was happening and how the debate was hijacked.
- 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)
James Browne: That is not in the legislation. The Deputy knows that.
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)
James Browne: The Deputy is talking about advertising.