Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are an awful lot of jobs involved in this. The Minister for Finance has doubled taxation on betting shops. They pay tax and create jobs, particularly in rural areas. There has been betting on the lottery for the past 25 years. It is completely different from the national lottery. Will we start to exclude competition? I come from a business background and competition is good. They are two completely different things and I cannot support Deputy Ó Laoghaire's amendment. We have to be very careful given the number of jobs this involves.