Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
Dail Éireann — 2024-05-01
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Matt Shanahan (IND), Waterford

The previous day I contributed on this, I said to the Minister of State that he had engaged, unwittingly, in the law of unintended consequences. I understand where the legislation is trying to go and what it is trying to achieve but I believe, as has been highlighted by others, there was not awareness of what exactly was being proposed and the impacts it was going to have, particularly with regard to charitable and sporting fundraising.
On the point the Minister of State made about him being now willing to bring in amendments to try to address that, it is still a large ask of people in this House to send this back to the Seanad to await amendments to come back. Will the Minister of State give some scope or highlight what it is he proposes to amend in the Seanad, and will he give a guarantee that this is going to come back to the Dáil to be debated in future before it is enacted?

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Sitting date: 2024-05-01