Tax Reliefs
Seanad Éireann — 2023-02-08
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Anne Rabbitte (FF), Galway East

While I would like to have all the power Senator Gavan feels I have, I do not have the final power because it sits with the Department of Finance. I pulled together all Departments where funding is spent on transport-related matters. Some €43 million is spent in health, €65 million is spent regarding the primary medical certificate, not to mind New Directions and what is spent on other transport schemes. I was collating all the evidence of what we spend in transport to support persons with disabilities to ensure they have the proper suite of measures available and to look at the VAT arrangements and inequalities within it. That is what my report will be producing for consideration. It will go back to the Department of Finance as to what its next steps are in rolling out a more inclusive opportunity for persons with disabilities to have access to meet their needs. There is going to be a final report. I am not going to lay before the House today what it is going to cover or not. It will be going back-----

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Sitting date: 2023-02-08