Published by Ireland’s Institute of Public Health (IPH), the report is based on data from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD), a cross-sectional study of 15-16 year old students carried out every four years in 35 European countries.
Of significance for Browne, the Minister emphasised that Ireland’s Gambling Regulation Bill, updating the country’s betting regulations for the first time since 1956, is a ‘public health measure’.
The latest report from the Irish public health authority puts the number of 16 year olds in Ireland reporting participation in gambling over the last 12 months at ‘between one in four and one in five’, or 22.9%.
The 22.9% figure is presented by the report as a ‘composite’ figure, consisting of several different ..
