Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

The Minister stated that the review will be published in due course. I had understood it would be published before the end of the current Dáil session. Will the Minister confirm if this will be the case? The review is going to be extremely important, particularly in the context of how we might move forward.

The betting tax was predicated on a figure of 2%. As Deputy Mitchell stated, this was reduced to 1% following strong lobbying. Everyone has a great deal of sympathy for the small bookmakers. However, the key question - the Minister is not going to answer it today - revolves around from where the money to meet the shortfall will come. I accept it is a difficult matter with which to deal, but what is the position with regard to offshore betting? Will it be possible to address this matter?

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