Chris Andrews (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday, I put a specific question to the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, as to why Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael had proposed in their manifestos a betting tax levy increase of 1%, from 2% to 3%, yet when they got into government, it was abandoned. There is no sign of it in the programme for Government. I got absolutely zero answers as to why it has been abandoned. It is not good enough that Ministers come in and avoid answering any question whatsoever. It is all just non-answers. Will the Government include the 1% increase in the betting levy in the budget later this year. It would be really important that the Minister for sport would come in and debate the need for investment in sport because it is a critical issue.