6 May 2021 RHRG APG Meeting Minutes

Minutes - RHRG APG Inquiry session 10

Topic: International Regulators
Date: Thursday, 6 May 2021 
Time: 7:30AM
Location: Virtual Meeting via Zoom platform  

Chairperson: Robbie Butler MLA
Minute taker: Megan McDermott, Chambré

Members Present
Robbie Butler MLA (RB)
Pat Catney MLA
Philip McGuigan MLA 
Jim Wells MLA

Apologies
None

External guests
Catherine Myers, Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR)
Charles Ritchie, Gambling with Lives (GwL)
Ciarán Mee Department for Communities (DfC)
Leanne Thompson, Department of Health
Martina Campbell, DfC
Megan McDermott, Chambré
Mhairi Kernaghan, DfC
Peter Keogh, GwL
Rebecca Stevenson , CARE NI
Scott May, VCGLR
Will Chambré, Chambré

Welcome
RB opened the meeting and advised attendees that the session would be recorded.

Minutes of last meeting
It was agreed that the minutes gave a true and accurate reflection of the last meeting of the group held on 15 April.

Matters arising
None

Oral evidence from:

• Catherine Myers, CEO, Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR)

• Scott May, General Counsel and Executive Director, Regulatory Policy and Legal Services (VCGLR)
  
  

Questions
Witnesses took questions from members and from Department for Communities officials

AOB
None

Next meeting
RB informed members that the next meeting will be held on 13 May at 1:30PM. Members will hear from the CEO of the National Online Self Exclusion Scheme, GamStop.