Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would have been raised in the past year if on-course betting was taxed. [36885/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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It is assumed that the question relates to the application of betting duty to bets placed with on-course bookmakers at horse and greyhound race meetings. Based on an estimate of around €230 million of bets having been placed with on-course bookmakers at race meetings over the year to 31 August 2009, it is estimated that applying the 1% betting duty to such bets would have yielded the Exchequer approximately €2.3 million.

The on-course duty was reduced to zero in 1999 in the context of the reduction in the off-course duty at that time and the importance of supporting attendances at race meetings.