As the Deputy will be aware, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), is an entirely independent body, who ultimately decides whether or not a person should be prosecuted and for what offence and I, as Minister, have no role in the independent function of that Office.
However, I am advised by the Garda authorities that the following table outlines the number of incidents recorded for the period 2010-2017 for offences under the Betting Acts 1853/1931, as amended, and offences under the Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1956. Incidents include the following offences:
- A person operating a betting office without a licence.
- A betting Office open on Easter Sunday.
- A bookmaker makes a bet or engages in a betting transaction with a person under 18 years of age.
- The licensee of a public house is found to have a gaming machine in operation in his pub and therefore commits an offence under the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956.
- A person is found selling lottery tickets for a charity without ID or authorisation.
The National Lottery is not covered under these Acts.
|
Year
|
Betting Acts
|
Gaming and Lotteries
|
|
2017
|
3
|
13
|
|
2016
|
0
|
14
|
|
2015
|
6
|
27
|
|
2014
|
15
|
47
|
|
2013
|
15
|
61
|
|
2012
|
9
|
21
|
|
2011
|
6
|
34
|
|
2010
|
7
|
96
|
Statistics provided are operational, provisional & liable to change and are valid to 1 February, 2018
