{"id":5261,"date":"2024-04-26T08:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T08:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2024-04-26T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T08:02:06","slug":"governments-gambling-bill-will-stop-sports-clubs-and-community-organisations-raising-necessary-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/governments-gambling-bill-will-stop-sports-clubs-and-community-organisations-raising-necessary-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Government\u2019s Gambling Bill will stop sports clubs and community organisations raising necessary funds"},"content":{"rendered":"Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has said that the government\u2019s Gambling Bill must be amended to avoid punishing sport clubs, voluntary, and charitable organisations, saying that the Bill conflates fundraising with gambling, and that failure to address this issue would cost local sporting clubs, charities and community organisations thousands of euro in necessary fundraising.<br \/><br \/>Teachta Crowe said:<br \/><br \/>\u201cSporting clubs, voluntary organisation and charities have significant concerns regarding the impact the government\u2019s Gambling Bill will have on fundraising efforts.<br \/><br \/>\u201cGambling is a very serious problem in this state and has destroyed lives and families, even led to jobs and homes being lost in all too many instances. There is a need to regulate how the industry can target potentially vulnerable individuals with relentless advertising, but we must be mindful of the unintended consequences of any legislation. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThis Bill, as it is currently drafted, would place considerable barriers in place for local organisations and drastically restrict their ability to fundraise as it conflates fundraising lotteries with gambling.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe government\u2019s sweeping measures, brought forward by Fianna F\u00e1il, would have a far-reaching and negative impact on local sporting clubs, hospices, tidy town groups and many other philanthropic organisations. Such clubs and organisations right across the state rely heavily on fundraising to keep the show on the road. The effect of this Bill would be to leave them effectively with one hand tied behind their backs.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThere is broad agreement that gambling companies require significant regulations and an empowered regulator, but this Bill completely oversteps that. In spite of the concerns raised, the government has ploughed ahead with blunt measures that would leave the local communities counting the cost.<br \/><br \/>\u201cSinn F\u00e9in moved a number of amendments, including one that would exempt charities and sports clubs from the provisions of the Bill, provided that the funds from any activity are for their benefit alone.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThis Bill must deliver for ordinary people, voluntary organisations and those in recovery, while preserving jobs and protecting sources of fundraising. Currently, it does not do that, and Sinn F\u00e9in will have to reflect on our support if the government does not address these concerns.\u201d <br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has said that the government\u2019s Gambling Bill must be amended to avoid punishing sport clubs, voluntary, and charitable organisations, saying that the Bill conflates fundraising with gambling, and that failure to address this issue would cost local sporting clubs, charities and community organisations thousands of euro [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5262,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261\/revisions\/5262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}