Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I just feel very passionate about this.

When the Minister of State goes back to his office today, he needs to pick up the phone and ring the head of Revenue and the Minister of State in the Department of Justice and Equality and get them to ring An Garda Síochána. Let us bring them together in a room, sit down and see what we can do without the warnings I am looking for to limit the ripping-off of people. The sum of €27.3 million, to which Senator Darragh O'Brien alluded, would take many people off trolleys and put many people into nursing homes. We are allowing the fat cats of the gambling industry to rip us off day after day. It is time to put an end to this. I have no vested interest in it, thank God. If the Minister of State can do nothing else, he can do this much. He has the power to bring in the various heads of various statutory bodies which have responsibility and tell them he wants a report on his desk within a week about what steps they have taken to ensure that the law is adhered to the letter. Let us try with the gambling control Bill and look at all the aspects of gambling. Let us be very broad in our definition of gambling.