Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 May 2019
188. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance his views on recent meetings with representatives from a company (details supplied) on the recently revised rate of betting tax and the Gambling Control Bill 2018. [20037/19]
View answerI and my officials have had a number of meetings with a broad range of representatives from the betting industry since the budget increase in betting tax, including with those named by the Deputy. The representatives have been informed that my officials will set out analysis and options in relation to betting duty in the Tax Strategy Group paper.
As is the normal course, betting duty will be given further consideration in the next budget and in that context my decision will be informed by the outcome of the review into the alternative proposal put forward by the betting sector as well, of course, as important considerations which I have set out on numerous occasions, namely the need for betting firms to make a fair contribution to the Exchequer and the need to acknowledge and address the negative externalities arising from the serious issue of problem gambling.
