Motion or amendment: Supporting a Public Health Approach to Tackling Gambling-Related Harms
Motion or amendment by Mr Justin McNulty on .
- MLA
- Mr Justin McNulty
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 14 November 2024
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Supporting a Public Health Approach to Tackling Gambling-Related Harms
- Assembly identifier
- Document 417873
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Supporting a Public Health Approach to Tackling Gambling-Related Harms
That this Assembly welcomes the publication of the All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling's report, Public Health Approaches to Tackling Gambling Related Harms; agrees that gambling should be officially recognised as a public health issue in Northern Ireland; recognises that policies should incorporate population-based approaches that prioritise harm prevention, in line with the public health approach adopted for alcohol and tobacco; notes the urgent need to protect children and those already experiencing gambling harms from gambling-related marketing, which is currently both targeted and pervasive, particularly during sports broadcasts and on social media; calls on the Minister of Health to address the current unmet need within the healthcare system in Northern Ireland by commissioning statutory services specifically for gambling disorders; and further calls on all relevant Executive Departments to ensure the report's recommendations are carefully considered in the development of future policies aimed at preventing and mitigating gambling-related harms.
159 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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