Tax Reliefs
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

I thank Deputy Butterly. I am happy to take that opportunity. I will ask the Ministers for agriculture and enterprise to engage with her in relation to that. The ideal is an ecosystem that works for everyone but I do not profess to be extraordinarily knowledgeable on this. I would welcome that because tillage is a sector we want and need to support. It is one of the sectors, from an agricultural point of view, that aligns very much with our climate objectives. We have clear commitment in wanting to grow the amount of tillage farming in this country but it is a sector that often finds itself under pressure. I would welcome that conversation too.
I agree with Deputy Neville. Not only is this an important, direct benefit to the Irish economy in producing Irish products we sell here and abroad, we have to support people in selling it abroad in a challenging environment. That is why the Minister for enterprise and I launched the action plan on market diversification. It has also now become a tourism product. Lots of distilleries have tourism experiences which bring people into our towns. I am committed to working with people on this. I am proud of the measures we have put in place. The tax strategy group papers are an important place to continue to monitor this matter in advance of future budgets.

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