Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 May 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres
9:30 am
Mr. Brendan Gleeson:
Obviously, we have information on the betting tax, which was around €90 million last year. The Department of Finance increased the rate of betting tax – the 2% – a number of years ago, and this significantly increased the tax take. We do have information from the body. It got an independent report published by Deloitte in 2017, I think, and it is now repeating that exercise. It is an evaluation of the economic contribution of the horse racing industry.