Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I will send a note about the dates. It does not seem like a complete list and makes me question whether I have the entire list. I want to swap over to greyhound racing. We know that the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 provides for the gambling tax, which is collected by Revenue, to be distributed on an 80:20 basis to horse and greyhound racing. If a deficit arises, it is a generous amount. It is collected from a variety of different gambling exercises, not exclusively horse racing. Many people bet on football and other things. Horse and greyhound racing get the benefit of that. If a deficit arises, it is then topped up by the Exchequer, which is quite incredible. Does Mr. Gleeson envisage that last year, 2020, and coming into 2021, because of Covid, there will be an issue where there is a requirement to top that amount up? Does he have any idea how much that might be?