The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.

An Ceann Comhairle: Amendments Nos. 1, 68 to 71, inclusive, 75, 76, 169 to 172, inclusive, 197, 198 and 268 are related and will be discussed together.

Seanad amendment No. 1:
Title: In page 13, line 16, to delete “promotion” and substitute “inducements”.

Minister of State at the Department of Justice (Deputy James Browne): These are all technical amendments, one of which makes a change to the Long Title.
Seanad amendment agreed to.

An Ceann Comhairle: Amendments Nos. 2, and 223 to 267, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Seanad amendment No. 2:
Title: In page 13, lines 20 to 23, to delete all words from and including “and” where it secondly occurs in line 20 down to and including “enactments;” in line 23 and substitute the following:
“and for those and other purposes to repeal the Gaming Act 1744, the Betting Act 1853, the Totalisator Act 1929, the Betting Act 1931, the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 and certain provisions of certain other Acts, to revoke certain statutory instruments and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; to provide for transitional arrangements; to amend the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing;”
Seanad amendment agreed to.

Seanad amendment No. 3:
Section 1: In page 14, line 1, to delete “This Act” and substitute “This Act, other than section 221,”.
Seanad amendment agreed to.

An Ceann Comhairle: Amendments Nos. 4 to 36, inclusive, and 39 are related and will be discussed together. I take it they are all technical amendments.

Deputy James Browne: Yes.

Seanad amendment No. 4:
Section 2: In page 14, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:
“ “Act of 1958” means the Greyhound Industry Act 1958;”.
Seanad amendment agreed to.

Seanad amendment No. 5:
Section 2: In page 14, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:
“ “Act of 1975” means the Finance Act 1975;”.
Seanad amendment agreed to.

Seanad amendment No. 6:
Section 2: In page 14, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:
“ “Act of 1994” means the Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994;”.
Seanad amendment agreed to.

Seanad amendment No. 7:
Section 2: In page 14, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:
“ “Act of 2001” means the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001;”.
Seanad amendment agreed to.

Seanad amendment No. 8:
Section 2: In page 14, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:
“ “Act of 2002” means the Finance Act 2002;”.
Seanad amendment agreed to.

Seanad amendment No. 9:....

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