Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)

2:35 pm

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I have said to the Minister for Finance on a number of occasions, we first need to get a system in place that collects a levy from online and remote betting, that is, telephone betting, from both betting exchanges and online bookies. We need to get that system up and running. Many countries have looked at how to do this and have not been very successful.

Once we have a system up and running at 1%, then we need to have a debate on increasing the rate. My views on this would be well known. I certainly would have no difficulty in increasing the rate in an effort to get an increased revenue stream but, more importantly, we need to get a system up and running that does not allow any online bet taking to escape the levy.

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