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)
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It will increase the yield towards the allocation but there is still a discrepancy between what we will get in tax on online betting and what is committed to in the Horse and Greyhound Fund. I would like to see an increased revenue stream from betting revenues in the future but we need to get a system that works up and running first and then we can have a debate on the rate.