Irish Bookmakers Association

Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Marie Caulfield (CEO), Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland

Intent: To seek clarity on obligations, implementation timelines, and regulatory guidelines relating to the Gambling Regulation Act 2024, while outlining practical concerns identified by licensed operators. The submissions also aimed to support proportionate implementation and continued engagement between GRAI and the regulated sector.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Defence; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: To outline industry observations regarding international gambling policy discussions.

Methods: Email

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Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Marie Caulfield (CEO), Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland

Intent: Understand Implementation timelines and priorities

Methods: MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: To highlight the potential negative impacts of any further increase in betting duty, including shop closures, job losses, growth in black-market activity, and increased financial burden from rising operational and regulatory costs. The IBA requested that no decision be made without a full fiscal analysis.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Education; John Cummins (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin 'Boxer' Moran (Minister of State), The Office of Public Works; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To highlight the potential negative impacts of any further increase in betting duty, including shop closures, job losses, growth in black-market activity, and increased financial burden from rising operational and regulatory costs. The IBA requested that no decision be made without a full fiscal analysis.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Marie Caulfield (CEO), Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland

Intent: Understand Implementation timelines and priorities

Methods: MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin Boxer Moran (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To provide information in relation to the impact of increasing the betting duty rate.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Ollie Crowe (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Gerard Craughwell (Senator), Seanad; John Cummins (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Regina Doherty (Senator), Seanad; Tim Lombard (Senator), Seanad; Vincent P Martin (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Anne Marie Caulfield (CEO), Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice and Equality

Intent: To express IBA longstanding support for the Introduction of Gambling Regulation in Ireland and to share our views on key concerns about the Bill for a small number of sections.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice and Equality; Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad; Barry Cowen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Regina Doherty (Senator), Seanad; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Defence; Pippa Hackett (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Jackie Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To express IBA longstanding support for the Introduction of Gambling Regulation in Ireland and to share our views on key concerns about the Bill for a small number of sections.

Methods: EmailMeeting