David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senators for their consideration of this Bill. It is an interim measure as I said at the start. I would like to have gone much further but the establishment of a gambling regulator is a major task, extraordinarily resource intensive and very complicated and I want to get it right. We have done a great deal of work on this to date. I will listen to what Senators have to say on any proposal. I welcome suggestions, proposals and ideas on how we might proceed because nobody has the monopoly on wisdom here. We will bring forward the heads of the Bill in the autumn and will consider it in the committee and so on.

This Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 will help the promotion of local gaming and lotteries. Senators have said that local gaming and lotteries help clubs and organisations. We want to get that right. Local clubs and community groups depend on their lotteries.

With respect to the references to the slot machines and so on, it is up to the Revenue Commissioners and the Garda to implement the law. That is their job. I know they-----