Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2017
128. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the amount of funding granted to Horse Racing Ireland directly from betting receipts for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8120/17]
View answer140. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the amount of betting intermediary duty collected from bets made from track-side bookmakers in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8234/17]
View answer141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the amount of betting intermediary duty collected from bets made instore and online with bookmakers in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8235/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 128, 140 and 141 together.
On course bookmakers are exempt from betting duty on bets accepted during and at a race meeting under section 68(1)(a) of the Finance Act 2002. Accordingly, there were no receipts from this sector. However, this exemption does not apply to bets entered into by any means of telecommunications, such as by telephone or online.
Annual statistics from Betting Duty are published on the Revenue statistics page:
http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/statistics/betting-duty-receipts.html.
The 2016 receipts from Betting Duty on in-store bets (traditional betting), Remote Betting Duty (online) and Remote Betting Intermediary Duty are as follows. It should be noted that these figures are provisional in nature and may be subject to revisions.
|
- |
Traditional Betting |
Remote Betting |
Betting Intermediary Commissions |
Total |
|
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
|
|
2016 (Prov.) |
28.1 |
20.7 |
1.9 |
50.7 |
In relation to particular taxes being earmarked for particular spending, I would inform the Deputy that hypothecation is not a feature of the Irish tax system in general and funding provided to Horse Racing Ireland is a matter for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the first instance.
