I move amendment No. 96: In page 161, to delete line 28 and substitute the following: “ “bank” means— (a) a regulated financial service provider, or (b) a bank outside the State;”.

I move amendment No. 97: In page 169, to delete lines 12 to 14 and substitute the following: “ ”.

I move amendment No. 98: In page 169, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following: “ ”.

I thank the Senator for raising this important matter around the issues with the protocols, terms and conditions of a memorandum of understanding signed between Ireland and Romania. I welcome the opportunity to contribute on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence. The memorandum of understanding between Ireland and Romania, which was signed in Bucharest two weeks ago on 8 April, is policy-focused and relates to bilateral defence co-operation between both defence Ministers. The memorandum of understanding d…

I again thank the Senator for raising this important issue. I will bring his concerns to the attention of the Tánaiste.

As the Senator said, many factors will have to be taken into account. It would not be appropriate for me to give any indication as it might be taken as an indication of what should be granted in a particular set of circumstances. The complexity of the case, the conduct of the parties to proceedings and the importance of what is at stake will all be taken into account in making those decisions.

I thank Senators. In my time as a junior Minister, this is the 12th Bill directly under my remit that has passed with the support and facility of the Seanad. I appreciate the work, effort and contributions of Senators.

I move amendment No. 1: In page 14, to delete lines 21 to 28 and substitute the following: “ “advertise” includes advertise by means of an image, sound or text;”. As I noted on Committee Stage, I will bring forward a number of amendments to update and clarify some of the definitions in the Bill on Report Stage. Amendments Nos. 1, 3, 5 to 7, inclusive, 12 to 14, inclusive, and 37 are Government amendments that are technical in nature. Amendment No. 1 updates the definition of the term "advertise" in the Bill. It is …

I move amendment No. 3: In page 17, to delete lines 28 and 29 and substitute the following: “ “gaming machine” means— (a) a machine manufactured or adapted for the purpose of allowing a person to participate, upon the making of a payment, in a gambling activity, and (b) where the outcome of that gambling activity is determined either by the action of the machine or by manipulation of the machine by the person, or both;”.

I move amendment No. 5: In page 18, line 20, to delete “National Lottery Act 2013” and substitute “Act of 2013”.

I move amendment No. 6: In page 19, line 1, to delete “ section 18(2) ” and substitute “ sections 18(2) and 202(14) ”.

I move amendment No. 7: In page 19, line 11, to delete “ “provider of an application store service” ” and substitute “ “provider of an online application store service” ”.

I move amendment No. 8: In page 19, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “ “regulated financial service provider” means an undertaking that is permitted to conduct activities as a regulated financial service provider within the meaning of section 2 of the Central Bank Act 1942;”. Amendment No. 8 is a technical amendment necessary to define and ensure financial providers used by licensees are either subject to regulation by the Central Bank here, by the ECB in the case of licensees located in the wider …

On an unrelated issue, I assure Deputy Ó Ríordáin that he will have a proper answer to yesterday's question tomorrow, and if he does not then he can contact me.

I thank Deputy Ó Ríordáin for tabling amendment No. 9, which raises a very important point about the future licensing and regulation of private members' clubs. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that private members' clubs come within the scope of the Bill and that the authority would regulate such operations. I can confirm that such clubs will be included under the Bill, I will bring forward amendments to that effect when the Bill is being progressed in the Seanad. At present, private members' clubs, where …

I move amendment No. 12: In page 21, to delete lines 36 to 38, and in page 22, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “(a) acting, or offering to act, as a bookmaker, (b) acting, or offering to act, as a remote betting intermediary, (c) offering to take a bet, or (d) causing another person to do any of the activities referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) .”.

I move amendment No. 13: In page 22, lines 7 to 12, to delete all words from and including “A reference” in line 7 down to and including line 12 and substitute the following: “A reference in this Act to a person providing a game shall be taken to be a reference to the person- (a) selling or offering to sell a game, or (b) causing another person to sell or offer to sell a game.”.

I move amendment No. 14: In page 22, lines 14 to 20, to delete all words from and including “A reference” in line 14 down to and including line 20 and substitute the following: “A reference in this Act to a person providing a lottery shall be taken to be a reference to the person- (a) selling or offering to sell a product or activity referred to in the definition, in section 2(1) , of “lottery”, or (b) causing another person to do any of the activities referred to in paragraph (a) .”.

This is exceptionally frustrating. We debated this very issue about 45 minutes ago. I gave answers on all of these questions and clearly the Deputies were not here. They turned up late, on Deputy Ó Ríordáin’s amendment, and hijacked that because they could not turn up on time to discuss it when we discussed it. They clearly were not listening in their offices either. Had they been listening they would have heard answers to most of the questions they have just raised. This is a complete waste of Dáil time, making a …

That is not in the legislation. The Deputy knows that.