The GRAI is introducing a tiered application fee system (subject to consultation). A Social Impact Fund levy on commercial licence holders is expected to raise at least €14 million annually. Exact B2C/B2B fee bands not yet finalised at the date of this baseline.
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Ireland · Question 04 of 11
Licence fees: What do the licences cost?
Mixed · Probable · Not reviewed · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed · Back to full Ireland report →
Key section parameters
| Jurisdiction | Ireland (IE) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Recorded in register |
| Favourability | Mixed |
| Confidence | Probable |
| Review status | Not reviewed · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed |
| Last collected | 20 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
The GRAI is introducing a tiered application fee system (subject to consultation). A Social Impact Fund levy on commercial licence holders is expected to raise at least €14 million annually. Exact B2C/B2B fee bands not yet finalised at the date of this baseline.
Not reviewed Information added after the 21 Aug 2026 expert review — published for currency and labelled not reviewed.
The confirmed component of Ireland's cost-to-operate picture is the Remote Betting Duty, payable to the Revenue Commissioners at 2% of turnover, a probable and durable rate under the existing tax framework. Two further material cost components remain undetermined: GRAI's annual operating charges and the Social Impact Fund levy percentage have not yet been prescribed by the Minister, despite the levy design consultation having concluded. This leaves operators unable to fully quantify total regulatory cost of operating in Ireland at present. The compliance lift associated with new statutory obligations (segregated accounts, no-credit rule, suspicious-pattern reporting) is specified precisely enough in statute to plan against, even though the levy and operating-charge components are not yet fixed.