Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2020-12-11
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

When many other areas of hospitality had their VAT increased, golf courses were given an exemption. It is a misinterpretation and an undue measure. "The people" is "the State" and "the public purse" and "the revenue" is "the revenue". To move this and, in fact, to have amendments that benefit Revenue and benefit the people, effectively, with whatever interpretation of it, is a skewed interpretation. I recognise we cannot debate it further-----

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Sitting date: 2020-12-11