Tax Reliefs
Seanad Éireann — 2026-06-24
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Robert Troy (FF), Longford-Westmeath

The Senator can be guaranteed that I will bring her message back loud and clear. I have no doubt that she is using her own offices and her direct contact with the senior Minister in the Department to make her views known. As I have said, €350 million is a significant amount of money. I am sure the Senator has been in Buswells many days in the past few weeks when various advocacy groups are coming to put forward proposals on the need for additional resources to keep critical services going and to support people in our communities.
The Senator is right. People who are leaving money in a will have worked hard to accumulate that money. They have paid taxes on their work. They have done the right thing and put money away, but it is not they who are paying the tax. It is the beneficiary who is paying the tax, and that is a bit of a difference. At a time when the Tánaiste and I are advocating that people take out a new investment account and are encouraging them to invest and save their money in a different way from next year, there is maybe a recognition and a timeframe that something can be done in this area. Maybe it is for a special niece or nephew and to acknowledge people who are childless. However, to be fair, there are many families where nieces and nephews would maybe need introductions to some of their aunts and uncles.
Maybe we have to be imaginative in how we do it. The critical thing is that the tax strategy group papers are going to give updated information. That data will help to inform the Tánaiste in his consideration before any decision is taken at a wider Government level.
I will certainly relay back to him the strong message the Senator has raised with me this morning.

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Sitting date: 2026-06-24