Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Deputy. It will be a Revenue-led initiative. Revenue has been developing it in recent months and my understanding is that it will be ready shortly. In essence, it will be a public information campaign to help build awareness about entitlements to certain reliefs, credits and exemptions. As the Deputy will have seen in the reply to his parliamentary question, every year people overpay a significant amount of money, and in some instances at least it is because of a lack of awareness of their rights and entitlements. Some private commercial companies provide the service - it is a valuable service - but Revenue recognises the need to raise awareness levels. I expect an announcement shortly.
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