James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

These amendments relate to charitable or philanthropic licences. Amendment No. 214 clarifies that a person may make an application to hold a once-off lottery in each calendar year. Amendment No. 215 provides that an applicant must specify the date on which they intend to hold the lottery. Amendment No. 216 specifies that a person wishing to hold a once-off lottery must apply for a licence at least 30 days before the date on which it is proposed to hold the lottery, rather than 60 days as was originally provided by the Bill. I should point out that once a year refers specifically to lotteries.

Section 114 provides for the ability of the authority to determine an application for a charitable or philanthropic licence while amendment No. 217 is a technical amendment to adjust the section numbering referred to in subsection (1) to reflect the addition of a new subsection (2) by amendment No. 219.

Amendment No. 218 is also a technical amendment to delete a paragraph that refers to a section that no longer applies to this type of licence. Amendment No. 219 inserts a new subsection (2) into section 114, to provide that the authority must determine whether the applicant may operate away from the premises specified on the licence, via its members or agents, and if children may sell tickets on behalf of the applicant, for example on behalf of a school, club or local organisation.

Amendment No. 220 tidies and updates the wording in the former subsection (2), now subsection (3)(b), to provide that a charitable or philanthropical licence shall specify whether it authorises the holder to provide gambling activities from a premises, away from a premises or by remote means or by a combination of these. Amendment No. 221 inserts a missing "or" at the end of the former subsection (3)(a), now subsection (4)(a), while amendment No. 222 deletes "and now we do not reference" from the Bill.

Amendment 223 is a technical amendment to adjust the subsection numbering referred to in subsection (1) to reflect the addition of a new subsection (2) by amendment No. 224, while amendment No. 224 inserts a new subsection (2) in this section 115 to provide that the authority must determine whether the applicant seeking to renew their licence may operate away from the premises specified in the licence via its members or agents, and if children may sell tickets on behalf of the applicant, for example on behalf of a school, club or other organisation.

Amendment No. 225 updates the wording of the former subsection (2), now subsection (3)(b), to provide that where the authority is a charitable or philanthropic licence, that licence shall specify whether is authorises the holder to provide gambling activities from a premises, away from a premises via remote means or by a combination of these and whether children are permitted to act on behalf of the licensee.

Amendment No. 228 restructures section 116 to provide that an application to bear a charitable or philanthropic licence must be in the form and manner specified by the authority and accompanied by the relevant application fee specified under section 37.