Dublin South West TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe, has welcomed the Gaelic Athletic Association\u2019s decision to agree a motion that calls for a ban of betting companies sponsoring any GAA competition, team, playing gear, or facility. The Sinn F\u00e9in TD described the decision as historic and ground-breaking.<\/p>\n
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to welcome the GAA\u2019s decision to ban all betting companies from sponsoring any GAA competition, team, playing gear, or club facility.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis historic and ground-breaking decision resulted from a growing consciousness within the GAA, and wider society, around the issue of problem gambling as a serious health issue in Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cOpponents dismissed or tried to reduce the seriousness of the issue, but the GAA as a grassroots organisation has seen that it is a growing problem and its membership have moved to do their bit to tackle it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI commend the GAA on this historic decision and hope other sporting, community, and nationally minded organisations follow their leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision was a difficult, but a courageous one and in stark contrast to the Government\u2019s own passivity on this issue<\/p>\n
\u201cLack of regulation, particularly of online gambling, has meant that the south of Ireland has the highest per capita online gambling losses in the world, and the third highest per capita gambling losses overall.<\/p>\n
“Aggressive marketing in recent years, combined with the advent of online gambling on smart phones, has meant that people are more susceptible than ever to developing problem gambling habits.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Gambling Control Bill, which seeks to address many issues around gambling and its regulation, has been gathering dust since 2013. Following the GAA\u2019s lead we need to see serious urgency on this issue before the scale of the problem destroys even more of our citizens.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone has a part to in trying to protect the young and the vulnerable from excessive marketing and problem gambling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the coming weeks Sinn Fein will bring forward a bill which seeks to regulate gambling advertisement on television and are calling on all parties in the Oireachtas to support its passage.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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