Amendment No. 1 seeks to delete the €75 figure entirely, amendment No. 2 seeks to reduce it to €50, amendment No. 3 seeks to reduce the €75 figure to €1 and amendment No. 4 calls for a review to be laid before the House on the operation of this section of the Act within 12 months. People will know that we have a Finance Bill every year because the Revenue and the Department review legislation on an ongoing basis and they come back each year with amendments to existing legislation.
In order that people listening can understand what we are talking about, this is a system whereby people from outside the EU who come here as tourists and spend money in shops can get VAT back if they export the product back with them when they leave the country.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Alice-Mary Higgins and Frances Black; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Seán Kyne.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 14–25 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 11–33 |
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