Written answers
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Department of Finance
Customs and Excise
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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501. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of betting excise duty collected in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month. [19317/21]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that the monthly breakdown of betting duty collected in each of the years 2019, 2020 and for the first three months of 2021 are shown in the table below.
Receipts for 2020 and 2021 are provisional at this time and may be subject to adjustment.
| - | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prov. | Prov. | ||
| €m | €m | €m | |
| JAN | 10.6 | 25.2 | 21.5 |
| FEB | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| MAR | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| APR | 20.5 | 15.1 | |
| MAY | 0.8 | 2.7 | |
| JUN | 0.4 | 7.5 | |
| JUL | 26.9 | 8.1 | |
| AUG | 6.2 | 0.3 | |
| SEP | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
| OCT | 26.1 | 26.3 | |
| NOV | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
| DEC | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| TOTAL | 95.0 | 86.8 | 21.8 |
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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502. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of betting excise duty provided to the HSE in 2020. [19318/21]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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There is no direct hypothecation of betting duty to particular causes. Rather, revenues raised from betting duty go directly to the Exchequer and are then partly used to fund the Health, Justice and Welfare systems including the HSE, which bear the costs of problem gambling.
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