Aidan Davitt (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am.

Any family that has suffered as a result of gambling addiction is all too aware of its traits: depression, serial deception, cheating, theft, financial destruction, broken homes, lost friends and often suicide. Adolescent years have been proved to be formative years and problems, particularly pathological ones, develop during these years. I call on the Minister to address the House and explain why the gambling control Bill was never enacted.