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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 25: In page 38, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Authority subject to Freedom of Information 34. The Authority shall be subject to section 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014.”. This amendment makes the authority, Údarás Rialála Cearrbhachais n a hÉireann, subject to the Freedom of Information...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 17: In page 25, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(4) In appointing the members of the Authority, the Minister shall have regard to the objective of there being no fewer than 1 member with lived personal experience of harmful gambling behaviours. (5) In appointing the members of the Authority, the Minister shall have regard to the importance of...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I want to make only one point, relating to the lotteries of GAA clubs. It is preposterous to say that, at odds of about 36,000 to one, all the gamblers with addiction problems start flocking in-----

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: The Minister of State is deliberately misconstruing and misinterpreting what I said in that regard. It is obvious that within a community, if there is a higher prize, people will come together and spend their €2 or get three tickets for €5 to enter that lottery, but it is preposterous to say it is people with a gambling addiction who buy in to that.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: The need for this Bill is very clear. We want to see regulation. Over the past year or so, we have had many meetings with families whose lives have been affected by gambling, bingo halls and all sorts of stakeholders. The scale and reach of gambling companies is driving the vast majority of gambling home and it needs to be tackled. There are amendments coming in respect of credit card...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I will speak to amendment No. 11. It proposes that the Act should not apply to gambling activities, including a game or lotto, carried on by or on behalf of any organisation that is a registered charitable organisation under the meaning of the Charities Act and: that has a charitable or philanthropic purpose, which shall be construed in accordance with section 87(4), and is designated by...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 4: In page 18, line 17, after “raffle” to insert “, a quiz featuring an element of chance”.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 824 of 7 November 2023, for an update on the establishment of the Penal Policy Consultative Council. [18188/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of persons on remand, by prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18190/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reports that have been submitted to her office by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons that are awaiting publication; the date of submission of each of these reports; when these reports will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18191/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will bring forward reform of community sanctions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18192/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Inspection of the Places of Detention Bill 2022. [18193/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her current plans to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. [18194/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently engaged with the bail supervision scheme in the youth justice system; her plans to extend this scheme to the adult population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18195/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former prisoners who have been referred to the housing first scheme since its establishment in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18196/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Programme for Government (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce legislation to address the issue of spent convictions; and her plans for reform in the area. [18197/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: It is very rare that, the week before Christmas, a meeting would take place on the Tralee campus of MTU at which members and representatives of Tralee Chamber Alliance, nearly all of the local councillors and all of the Kerry TDs were present. That shows their enthusiasm when they saw an opportunity to bring a major event such as this to County Kerry in the coming years. I note the Minister...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: It is absolutely mind-boggling this Government has turned down the opportunity to host the World Rally Championships in Kerry, Waterford and Limerick over the next three years. Motorsport Ireland has been forced to decline the invitation due to lack of funding coming from Government. An event screening application was submitted to the Department back in October. We had the chance for a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: What is coming down the tracks is that the large cohort of gardaí who attested in the early 1990s will be coming to the end of their natural cycle of employment. There are also the resignations and other retirements that are coming up. It is difficult when the maximum going through is 600 to 700 this year and was 700 last year. To increase to 15,000 may be on the horizon but to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: The Minister is not ruling out another venue.