I want to say this to Deputy McGrath, however----- The Taoiseach is dancing to the tune of Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the music is bad. António Guterres is actually accusing the Taoiseach and the Government not the Opposition, which is opposed to the imposition of carbon taxes on ordinary people. As the Taoiseach is aware, coach operators are not at present eligible to register for VAT.
The Taoiseach has been advocating at EU level for some flexibility on VAT issues. This means the supplier does not register for VAT, does not charge VAT on the supply of their services and has no VAT-recovery entitlement on costs where such costs are used for the exempted supply of passenger transport. On the pig industry, Deputy Smyth will know from her interactions with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, that he is working intensively with the pig farmers.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Jack Chambers and Brendan Griffin; Níl, Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins.
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